The eternity band
Who doesn’t love the never-ending band of stones? Traditionally, the eternity ring has been reserved for couples/anniversaries/wedding bands, symbolizing a life-long committment, and are often set with diamonds. But…..as with many things, this is no longer strictly the case, and it’s become a bit…..trendy…..to wear them regardless of your coupled up state….and why wouldn’t you? We all like a bit of bling!
Eternity bands are generally made with calibrated stones-this means they are all the same size-in order to achieve that completely edgeless stone-to-stone look. They are also pretty difficult to size if your fingers change (as they generally do over time!). However, that;’s getting a bit off topic.
My client wanted to upcycle some stones from other pieces that they weren’t wearing, as a nice gift for one of their young person relatives, and settled on a “faux” eternity band style ring. As the stones were slightly varying sizes, rather than a prong setting, I went for a bead setting, and to accomodate for sizing later, made it a bit thicker, so that metal can be removed later to make it larger.
The band ready to be set with the diamonds and rubies shown— we used a total of about 26 stones!
The finished ring- it looks amazing in sterling silver with the bead set stones. There’s a slight metal bumper on either side to give it a bit more dimension, and to provide some protection to the setting.
So, have you been looking at your jewellery and thinking you never wear it? Let’s start a conversation and do something exciting and fresh with it!