![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)
Beautiful, beautiful ring. I have icelandics, have had them since the early 90’s. At our highest we had 33. Now down to 4. We lost our 29 year old, Vinnie last week.. my husband and I will have been married this December for 50 years and it would be a special ring I would love to have made to remember my babies. They are such special horses. If it is possible to have it made could you leave off the round stones. My husband said he would prefer not to have them . I hope you will be able to do this for us. Thankyou for your time. Jeanne Hankins j& j icelandics