This step by step instruction will teach you in detail and easy to follow pictorials and shows you:
- - Shaping flower petals
- - Making tulip collet
- - Wire shank
- - Soldering all components
- This tutorial can be made in a standard smithing workshop. You will need:
- - Metal : silver or gold or other
- - Small gemstone
Many jewelry designers love using a flower theme in their designs. It symbolically connects us to nature.
This ring with a metal flower and tulip collet, I made a do-able project from beginners to intermediate level with some general knowledge of metalsmith techniques and the basic bench tool setup. The petals are individually shaped and then soldered to the wire ring and the gemstone is set in a tulip collet.
A lovely ring made in gold with flower design