![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-4_525-3.jpg)
My original version of this ring was carved for a stone around 2.5mm in size, but in the past few years, I’ve altered it to fit a stone that was closer to 4mm.. So, I decided to carve a new ‘master’ wax that was specifically designed around a 1/4ct / 4mm stone and here is the first piece made from that new mold.
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-1-12.jpg)
19K rose gold with a vivid peacock blue diamond (the diamond has been heated and/or irradiated to create and intensify the color. It was likely a brownish color originally). More pics after the click:
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-2-16.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Background-4.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-3-17.jpg)
The new recarve is really very closely modelled after my original design, but I ‘fixed’ a couple of spots that I always ended up re-carving whenever I made rings using the original mold. Even with this new mold and just in general, rings with lots of detail always require me to spend quite a lot of time going over the wax and making sure it is smooth and perfect before casting.
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-5-16.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-6-16.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-10-4.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-9-2.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-7-8.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/finished_peacock2.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-11-8.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-12-8.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-13-4.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-16.jpg)
![Hand-carved Peacock Feather wedding band with 1/4ct diamond, 18K gold](https://blog.cheyenneweil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Layer-14.jpg)