{"id":324,"date":"2014-11-16T22:12:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T22:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/?p=324"},"modified":"2026-01-02T08:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T08:29:42","slug":"quartz-and-pyrite-slab-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/?p=324","title":{"rendered":"Quartz and pyrite slab ring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So far one of my favourite rings. This one has a beautiful minimalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The large ritualized Quartz crystal is held in tension across the middle. Bit of a gamble on the design, all through making it I wasn’t sure it would work, but it did. The stone just squeezes in between the prongs. I roughed the middle slightly using a diamond burr to ensure a good grip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stone has little square flakes of iron pyrite crystal embedded inside, giving it a three dimensional feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ring shape with the wounded square corners started out as a square section ring, which I filed down on the outside, making a lovely curved shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ring had to be downsized twice to get it to fit Jule’s finger. Perhaps one learning is to use a slightly wider ring band with such a big stone to stop it wobbling around.<\/p>\n\n\n

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