[Jewelry making - Article 00103] - [Orchid] Resizing a ring with design work around it

[doug]

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>     How do you resize a ring that has design work all the way around it
>     such as a celtic knot weave, etc?

Hi Craig,

    Although I'm far newer at this than many others who may answer, I'll
    gladly share with you the three things I've tried in similar
    circumstances. The first was to simply anneal and upsize the ring on
    a multi-spline ring stretcher, which was good for about 1/2-1 size,
    before I ran into problems of dissimilar stretching rates among
    different parts. The second was to cut the ring and size up with an
    identically-dimensioned piece of sizing stock. 

    The third ring I'd tried this on was one which sounds a bit more like
    what you're describing, a piece that was based on a chain link
    "look". When I saw this one, I'd explained to the customer that there
    was no way I could *exactly* replicate the link, since the link
    pattern, itself, was larger than the amount of sizing needed (which
    was 2.5 sizes). Instead, I offered to create either a floral design
    in the same material (in this case, Sterling), or recreate a portion
    of her woven wire link pattern by piercing the previously described
    plate of sizing stock. She opted for the floral motif. Hope this has
    been helpful! 

Douglas Turet, G.J.,
Turet Design 
P.O. Box 242
Avon, MA 02322-0242
(508) 586-5690
doug AT turetdesign.com

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