indian cows ring

Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K

This idea had been kicking around for a while. I had made a sketch in my notebook, and happily, it caught the eye of one of my long-time clients. I am SO glad I got a chance to make this ring at long last. I love how unusual it is, the way the stone floats off the top of the ring, the sweet faces of the cows with their cool droopy ears, and of course, the amazing Australian boulder opal (actually opalized fossilized wood) cherry on top. 18K.

Australian boulder opal, fossilized wood opal

Please excuse this weird pic of my red fingers; it’s the most accurate photo I felt like I could get of the opal that really showed how the colors looked in true life. It had these bright shocks of hot pink, purple, and chartreuse amongst the oranges and blues-turquoises-greens. Just awesome.

So many more pics of this after the click:

Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K
Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K
Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K
Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K
Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K
Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K

I tell ya: my photo light box makes the gold look good and not too reflective in the photos, but man, it just doesn’t do justice to certain stones. It drives me nuts every time.

Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K
Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K
Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K
Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K
Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K
Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K
Custom hand-carved Indian Cows Ring with Australian Boulder Opal, 18K

2 thoughts on “indian cows ring

  1. Katherine Teel

    This is a beautiful ring, and it reminds me a lot of the jewelry of ancient Crete. So classic!

  2. cheyenne Post author

    Katherine — Definitely! Cows were well represented in the old Minoan jewels for sure 🙂 They did a lot of really cool intaglio pieces that I love.. I have been working on a ring design that will feature a custom-carved intaglio gemstone that I’m pretty excited about too.

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