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How to Make a Solitaire Pearl Ring

Making a Pearl Solitaire Ring Tutorial  - US$18

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How to make a Solitaire Pearl RIng

This tutorial will teach you in precise detail and easy to follow steps and shows you:

  • - Forging of the shank
  • - Precision filing
  • - Design alternative
  • This tutorial can be made in a standard smithing workshop. You will need:
  •  - Metal : silver or gold or other
  •  - Pearl

You will receive :

  • -- 22 Pictures and illustrations
  • -- 11 Pages of detailed instructions
  • -- Bench tips on tools and techniques
How to make a solitaire pearl ring by forging
Forging the shank
how to make basic shank for pearl ring
Basic shank for pearl ring

This jewelry tutorial on making a solitaire pearl ring is a good starting point to get familiar with a few basic metalsmithing techniques. This classical charming design for a pearl ring, always remains popular. The benefit of starting this project is that you can complete it from start to finish without having to take your ring to a setter. This of course speeds up the completion time. The tutorial also explores the subtleties created by slight design variation. 

A classical ring design for a pearl

A classical ring design for a pearl

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Recommended Tool Tips / Videos for this project

This video demonstrated the Filing Motion - Half Round Shaping 

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