![Custom designed & hand-carved Icelandic horse ring, Tanzanite and diamonds, 14K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finished4_525.jpg)
This was a commission for this incredible swirly tanzanite stone. My customer decided she would like to have a portrait of her horse carved on each side. I had never seen an Icelandic horse before (they have CRAZY hair!) and my internet feed is still full of google ads trying to get me to buy an all-inclusive vacation to Reykjavik, stable my horses at a local barn, purchase the newest in riding boots, etc.
![Custom designed & hand-carved Icelandic horse ring, Tanzanite and diamonds, 14K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finished1-1.jpg)
Check this stone out! The side stones are natural amber-colored rose-cut diamonds. I took about fifty million photos of this ring; please click through to see them..
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First, a photo of the horse I was carving. Can you even believe this horse? It’s quite possibly the most photogenic animal I’ve ever seen.
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Seriously!! I can’t get over it.
![Custom designed & hand-carved Icelandic horse ring, Tanzanite and diamonds, 14K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finished2.jpg)
![Custom designed & hand-carved Icelandic horse ring, Tanzanite and diamonds, 14K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finished3-1.jpg)
One side had a dahlia bloom.
![Custom designed & hand-carved Icelandic horse ring, Tanzanite and diamonds, 14K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finished5-1024x937.jpg)
![Custom designed & hand-carved Icelandic horse ring, Tanzanite and diamonds, 14K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finished7-1024x937.jpg)
![Custom designed & hand-carved Icelandic horse ring, Tanzanite and diamonds, 14K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finished9-1024x937.jpg)
The other side had a Holtasoley, or Mountain Avens (the national flower of Iceland, in fact).
![Custom designed & hand-carved Icelandic horse ring, Tanzanite and diamonds, 14K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finished10-1024x937.jpg)
![Custom designed & hand-carved Icelandic horse ring, Tanzanite and diamonds, 14K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finished11-1024x937.jpg)
![Custom designed & hand-carved Icelandic horse ring, Tanzanite and diamonds, 14K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finished14-1024x937.jpg)
![Custom designed & hand-carved Icelandic horse ring, Tanzanite and diamonds, 14K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finished15-1024x937.jpg)