Pair of oak tree + branches bands with a carved horse. 14K white gold.
Archive for 2015
oak band with horse
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015bur oak bands
Tuesday, January 20th, 2015I have done white oak bands in the past, and this time, I had a specific request to design a pair of wedding bands using a bur oak motif. I had actually never heard of bur oaks, but google told me all about them. They have interestingly shaped leaves (they are also very large; dark glossy green on top, and whitish/silvery green underneath) with almost a “waist” in the middle, the end with less defined lobes compared with a classic white oak leaf. The bark is super gnarly and deeply furrowed and the twigs have a lot of interesting texture.
Some day I’m going to run across one of these trees and I’m going to know exactly what it is. It’ll be a very exciting day.
These are done in 18K white gold, and 18K green gold. I had not yet had a chance to work in green gold, and the 18K is extremely subtle. Not GREEN-green necessarily, but a very slightly greenish gold color. I really like it!
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giant tree – waterfall – spiral storybook band
Saturday, January 3rd, 2015My clients sent me photos of the scenes they had in mind for this ring: a flipping ginormous gnarly old tree in Scotland, a foresty waterfall, and a rock carving form Ireland. Then I carved them around the ring! 14K white gold.
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