Jewelry Redesign Story #17: The Same But Different

THE REDESIGN CHALLENGE:

Catharine had been holding on to this custom-made spiral ring with a heart-shaped diamond for many years although she always had felt that something wasn’t quite right. 

After discussing design preferences with Catharine, we learned that it wasn’t the spiral design that she disliked, rather it was the way that the spiral was executed and the weight and quality of the materials the ring was made of. 

We decided that the only elements of the original ring that we would keep would be the coil concept and the heart-shaped bezel-set diamond. 

THE REDESIGN PROCESS:

Because we decided with Catharine to keep the diamond’s bezel setting and heart shape, the only items to design were the spiral shank and coil for the new custom ring. We gave Catharine couple of different options of coil angle and width before she decided on a style that suited her tastes and interests.

Once Catharine had made this final decision on the shank and coil, we were ready to create a 3D design through our Rhino software and eventually create the custom ring.

Design and coil sketches

3D rhino modeling

Casting and diamonds are ready to be assembled.

THE REDESIGN REVEAL:

Ring on finger

Catharine was incredibly happy about the redesign of her ring. She was so excited to have a custom-made ring that kept the concept of her original piece but was contemporary and sophisticated -- just like her! 

Materials: 14k white-set gold with scoop set diamonds *The heart diamond is Catharine’s and excluded from the total price

Manufacturing Level: Medium

Design Level: Difficult

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