[Jewelry making - Article 01122] - [Orchid] Making our own wedding rings...

[Amy Tan]

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    Dear Everyone,Some of you might remember me posting about an antique
    platinum filigree peridot (now a chrysoberyl) engagement ring a
    while back. 

    Gemstones for Antique Platinum Filigree ring
    http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive/200710/msg00603.htm 

    Well, we're getting married, end of this year! (yay!) Having taken a
    two quarters of metalsmithing, I thought it would be really great
    and personal to make our own wedding rings. 

    I have made a silver ring before, but Iwould now need to work with
    gold. (platinum would be too expensive for us). Since my e-ring is
    platinum I was thinking of white gold wedding rings. I do have a
    workshop set up at home and I'm equipped to work from home if I need
    but I am a bit tentative about working with gold since I have not
    done it before and thought perhaps I need to do one of two things or
    both: 

    1. Ask the good kind folks at Ganoksin for some guidance and do it
    myself

    2. Enroll in a choose-your-own-project type of class where I can
    make my rings there with instructor guidance 

    Also, my fiance and I talked about all the ways to come up with some
    gold for the rings, since the prices have skyrocketed. 

    They include: 

    1. Panning (is that even going to be enough?? are we fantasizing?) 
    2. Buying vintage or antique store gold items and melting it down 
    3. Fork up the cash and buy gold 

    So are options 1 and 2 even possible? Anyone done this before? I
    have 7 months to work on it, would appreciate any help I can get on
    how I should approach this. 

Thanks much,
Amy
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