Gold signet ring

[sam]

Here's a massive 18k gold signet ring I just completed. It measures 25mm across the top and feels like it weighs a ton.

 

[Weldon47]

Hot Dog, that's nice!!!

WL

 

[mdengraver]

Sam,

Very regal, quite elegant! Lots of good eye candy here!

 

[Robert Morales]

Woooow, very inspirational!

 

[Alain Lovenberg]

Very impressive! Superb engraving.

 

[Dave London]

I second -Alain

 

[Casey Jordan]

Very nice details on the crest!!!!

 

[K Frei]

Wow!!!! K Frei

 

[Christopher Malouf]

Beautiful!!! Is that a die struck ring Sam?

 

[rolandbaptiste]

Very fine work Sam, how do you do to have this create picture without reflect?

 

[rod]

Sam,

A splendid piece of work in design and execution, and looking so crisp at high magnification! Like Roland, I am curious about your light tent arrangement? What is the coat of arms, I know it is not a Cameron crest.

best

Rod

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Beautiful work as always Sam.

At that size it's more like a knuckle duster!!!! That is huge for a signet ring!!

Cheers
Andrew

 

[JAT]

Yeah, I want one! Superb work Sam, thanks for sharing. Very nice!

 

[sam]

Thanks folks

Chris: Yes, it's a die struck signet ring from Church & Co.

Roland: The photo was taken with my standard setup of a 34" Westcott fluorescent softbox. I put the ring on a piece of printer paper and made a couple of paper reflectors to to kill the side reflections. Camera is a Canon 5D Mark II with 150mm macro lens.

Rod: The coat of arms is for the family name RUSS

 

[mrthe]

Amazing Signet Ring! very beautyfull thank for show it!

 

[Montejano]

Friend Sam :
A beautiful engraving. My sincere congratulations.:clapping::clapping::clapping:

Antonio

 

[sam]

This is my lighting setup, which hasn't changed much in 20 years other than I now use daylight fluorescent bulbs instead of tungsten.

The object laid on the white artboard background from the craft store and I used a couple of folded white sheets of paper to help kill the dark reflections from the room. The camera is set to aperture priority shooting at ISO100 @ f22.

 

[rolandbaptiste]

Thanks Sam

 

[Tira]

Absolutely striking! :biggrin:

 

[Mike Cirelli]

Beautiful work Sam!