23/04/2025
Another commission piece.
Linda, an old online friend, commissioned a ring for me back during the crazy days of lockdown.
About 18 months later her husband commissioned a matching pendant for her big birthday.
FFWD almost 4 years and Linda asked if I'd make a companion piece for her daughter's 18th.
Linda wanted granulation balls like her ring, but something unique to represent her daughter.
April birthstone is diamond, but diamonds are a bit extravagant for silver, so after looking at a few options, we went with moissanite.
This is a lab grown stone and tbh, I like it better than diamonds.
The light sparkles from it in all colours of the spectrum, whereas diamonds only refracts white light and as such can be quite cold especially when set in white metal. It's set in a gold filled tube setting with three silver granulation on a 5mm hammered silver band.
This ring has been on quite a journey thanks to a mistyped address. Linda lives in a big Scottish city. It's the home of the tenement flat, so there were 8 flats at that address that it could have been delivered to. It was finally tracked down at the flat of a young man who opened the door in a fog of fragrant smoke. He seemed initially confused, then fleetingly quite worried, at 2 proper adults on his doorstep at 9pm asking if he'd had any strange packages delivered. 😂
Explanations over and the parcel was retrieved from within. I'm hoping it would have made it's way back here eventually, but you never know!
Linda's daughter is made up with her ring, and the drama over its whereabouts, that she was totally oblivious to, as it unfolded, have added to her 'story'!!
This is why I love what I do. The stories behind the pieces, both before and after they leave my workshop!!
And a lesson has been learnt to check and double check addresses before going to the post office.
Happy 18th "Mudge."
I hope your ring goes on many more adventures, but with you this time!
