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Post by johnthor1963 on Jan 27, 2024 8:25:36 GMT -5
Smoking hot 🥵 ring you made there very interesting. I’m sure it looks even better than the video sitting on your workbench in person. Video footage outstanding and lighting perfect 👍🏻. Awesome work looks like a lot of fun planning and patience and skill. Would love to hear more about how you put it all together. Thanks for sharing with us hope to see more.
Post by opalpyrexia on Jan 27, 2024 11:11:20 GMT -5
Exquisite design, Yurii! Your wax work is exceptional!
In so many rings the stone becomes the hero and focal point. But in your ring, the beauty is clearly shared equally by the opal and the metalwork. The contrast between the yellow gold and rhodium is beautiful. I also like the way the bezel is "pulled" away from the opal — or is it the opal that is pulling away?
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Exquisite design, Yurii! Your wax work is exceptional!
In so many rings the stone becomes the hero and focal point. But in your ring, the beauty is clearly shared equally by the opal and the metalwork. The contrast between the yellow gold and rhodium is beautiful. I also like the way the bezel is "pulled" away from the opal — or is it the opal that is pulling away?
Thank you ! Probably Google translator did not quite correctly translate the name of the ring. I meant, What are you hiding there? This name has a slight touch of irony about some curious people asking not entirely correct questions. I think each of us has encountered these. One day there were too many of them in my life, and I came up with this ring.
Smoking hot 🥵 ring you made there very interesting. I’m sure it looks even better than the video sitting on your workbench in person. Video footage outstanding and lighting perfect 👍🏻. Awesome work looks like a lot of fun planning and patience and skill. Would love to hear more about how you put it all together. Thanks for sharing with us hope to see more.
Thank you ! I will definitely publish a few more products with the stages of their production. I think many will be interested in the technical details from making the wax model to the finished product.
Yurii, it's a beautiful piece! Even more impressive because I know you don't always have access to the tools as others do. Glad to see you are safe and posting here again and hope to see more of your exquisite work in the near future.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 29, 2024 0:12:26 GMT -5
yurii you have an amazing talent and imagination! That ring is stunning. You must have an enormous amount of patience.
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Post by rocknewb101 on Jan 29, 2024 10:51:15 GMT -5
Oh my!! This ring is phenomenal! What an interesting and unique piece, and the opal is stunning, along with the metalwork! Did you create this all on your own? Mad talent!
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