Work in Progress Wednesday - Spin Me Round - Ring a Day #6

I went down to the studio today having no idea what I was going to make.

This was one of those design-as-you-go-along kind of days.

You'll see if you compare the first picture below with the rest of the pictures that follow - I thought I was going to make something with a square amber cabochon...but the design took a different turn.

There are some major gaps in the step by step pictures, and that's because I got a little distracted with my creative flow and forgot to take pictures of the in-between steps.

Materials: sterling silver sheet and wire (the stone changed, but the sheet and wire were used).

This is me trying to figure stuff out.

Oops!  Here's where I skipped about 5 steps.  (Form the ring shank, solder bottom of shank, punch a whole in the sheet, form the sheet into a dome).  And now we're about to solder the dome to the shank. Did you get all that? :)

The bead that's going into the ring I think it's some kind of jasper.  And two little bits of silver that are going to anchor the bead in place from the inside.

Soldering the little anchor in place.

Finished ring.

Side view.

Watch it spin :)

That was fun to make. I'm loving this Ring a Day challenge. I always think I'm out of ideas, and then I surprise myself.  Right now I have no idea what I'm going to make tomorrow...I really think I'm all out of ideas. We'll see what happens.

Have a great day :)