[Jewelry making - Article 00297] - Re: [Orchid] Posing Rings for Photography

[Erik Jewelers]

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    The way professional jewelry photographers have done this is to
    solder a pin on the back of the shank. Place your background cloth or
    paper on a piece of plastic foam board and stick the ring into
    position. As this involves consideable work and cleanup, I have found
    a quicker way, as long as the shank is not too thin. Solder a small
    piece of brass or silver sheet (about 2 x 10 mm. or wider depending
    on the ring) onto a brass pin to make a T shape. Bend the sheet
    slightly to conform to the ring. A drop of crazy glue and after a
    couple minutes you are ready to stick it in your background. If the
    ring is wider and it will hide the mount, you can use two sided tape
    instead of glue. I use a little thicker tape, made for mounting trim
    to auto bodies. I have about a dozen of these T mounts in various
    sizes. 

David Anderson
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