Deep relief sculpted platinum band

[sam]

10mm platinum band

 

[Brian Marshall]

Which alloy?

B.

 

[sam]

Pardon my platinum ignorance, but I have no idea. It was quite soft though.

 

[SamW]

Beautifully done Sir Sam...and looks like you took out enough to make another narrower band!

 

[didyoung]

Sam
I have watched the video that you posted of this ring....the ring is great!
I really like how you worked the starting and ending points together....
A question.....what areas of your FEGA sculpting video do you cover.
I have your jewelry engraving video... superior lessons
I have used those techniques to improve my skills, and really like your sculpting...I think it is the best way to go if a person wants to embellish their ring.

 

[mgdesigns]

Sam: Gorgeous - I have to make sure my wife see this. I still have not engraved our bands, going on 14 years of marriage, and that's the main reason I started to do engraving.

What do you use to blacken the background?

 

[Eugene Carkoski]

just guessing , but it look as if you had to do a lot of pounding to move metal around, does that cause distortion? and hardening, nice ring

 

[sam]

Beautifully done Sir Sam...and looks like you took out enough to make another narrower band!

Thanks Sam! Yes, there was a lot of metal removed (and moved) on this one

 

[sam]

Sam
I have watched the video that you posted of this ring....the ring is great!
I really like how you worked the starting and ending points together....
A question.....what areas of your FEGA sculpting video do you cover.
I have your jewelry engraving video... superior lessons
I have used those techniques to improve my skills, and really like your sculpting...I think it is the best way to go if a person wants to embellish their ring.

Thanks Shawn. The FEGA video I did shows the punch technique for moving the metal, similar to what's on my jewelry engraving DVD. There's not much difference between the two.

 

[sam]

just guessing , but it look as if you had to do a lot of pounding to move metal around, does that cause distortion? and hardening, nice ring

Thanks Eugene. I call it punching and not pounding, and there was no distortion other than moving and shaping the metal, and no work hardening.

 

[sam]

Sam: Gorgeous - I have to make sure my wife see this. I still have not engraved our bands, going on 14 years of marriage, and that's the main reason I started to do engraving.

What do you use to blacken the background?

Thanks MG. The black background is Rustoleum flat black paint.

 

[monk]

the 3-d effect is totally cool. i also like the sort of frosted appearance to the design surfaces. i assume the ring is held on some sort of close- fitting mandrel

 

[AliAtiyabi]

It's a beautiful work Sam.

 

[Mike_Morgan]

Amazing! The depth is stunning.

 

[Omar Haltam]

very nice Sam, thanks for sharing
it gives us inspiration

 

[sam]

Thanks for your kind words, guys. Much appreciated!

 

[davidshe]

What catches my eye the most about this ring is the flow of the design. The engraving and sculpting is top notch of course but imho the initial design and layout is probably what made this such a winner. Great work Sam!

 

[matthew.townsley]

Fantastic! Thank you for showing.

 

[bronc]

Sam, a fine piece of work!!!

Stewart