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Greek Style Ring Lesson

Lesson On Making Greek Style Ring - US$27

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Greek Style Ring Making Lesson

This jewelry lesson through a comprehensive guide and easy to follow step shows you:

  • - Forming twist band and bezels
  • - Making ring and solder twist wire on
  • - Position and solder bezels 
  • This tutorial can be made in a standard smithing workshop. You will need:
  •  - Metal : silver or gold or other
  •  - 3 x 2.5mm round gemstones

You will receive :

  • -- 36 Pictures and illustrations
  • -- 18 Pages of detailed instructions
  • -- Personalized tips on tools and techniques
Greek Style Ring Making Lesson - Twisted Wire
Twisted wire for the bands.  
Greek Style Ring Making Lesson - Broad band
Make a broad band to the correct finger size.

Greek style jewelry designs are ornately decorative. Twist wire is often used in that type of design lending a rich textured pattern to the jewelry piece. This Greek style ring features these decorative designs with bezel set gemstones.

The ring has an inner sleeve and five outer bands. The desired ring size must be taken into consideration from the start. Careful heat control with minimal solder is used, so as not to flood the twist wire pattern.

Once the basics of this ring is mastered, you can let your creativity reign free by playing around with new designs of your own.

Greek Style Ring Making Lesson - Bezel set gems

Greek stly ring with bezel set gemstones.

Suggested Follow-up Projects

or select other jewelry making projects from Jewelry Making Class List

Recommended Tool Tips / Videos for this project

A video demo on how to roll a plate reducing in thickness.

Bezel Setting - Using a punch to set round bezels.

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