Some unusual Ti work for a ring [photo]

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

This is a design I made some time ago and it is one of my favourites because of its strength and simplicity.

It is meant to hold an expensive stone like a 3 carat diamond.

This time a customer had a golden pendant with this quite big blue sapphire in it. I forgot to weight it but must be over 5 carat.

And as my slogan is “everything can be made from Ti” this is how it came out, highly polished.


Finger size is 4 3/4

arnaud

 

[Jared Eason]

Very nice. Been wanting to ask, is it hard to form ti. How would u make it soft enough.. I haven't found much on the web about ti

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Jared, you can't find much like this kind of Ti jewellery, and that what you find probably is mine.

arnaud

 

[Jared Eason]

Lol. I have noticed this.... I know it can be annealed. But is it like annealing steel or silver? The reason I ask is I love Ti . My wedding band is ti. I have a flat sheet about a 2"x2" I had for years but never really knew how to work it. I think its about a 14 ga.

 

[Willem Parel]

Great design Arnaud, you raise the bar with every new model.
Did you made it out of wire and welded it together in the shank ?

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Yes Jared, I like Ti too.
It can be annealed easily, just don't overheat it as then it will that hard it will break. Just starting red.

arnaud

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Willem, Yes made of 1.5mm Ti wire. welding the connections is done by drilling true the prongs / shank and the oval 6 times. Then putting a Ti wire through both and welding it on the in and outside. As that way only you are able to finish the welding properly.

arnaud

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Willem, you probably mean welding the tree wires together to form the shank, yes I did, then filed till half round at the base of the ring

arnaud

 

[Jared Eason]

So you get it red hot. Quench it fast or let cool slow to soften it?

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Cooling doesn't matter, even red dropping into the cold water will do.

arnaud

 

[Jared Eason]

Thanks....keep up the beautiful work.

 

[Willem Parel]

Willem, you probably mean welding the tree wires together to form the shank, yes I did, then filed till half round at the base of the ring

arnaud

Yes Arnaud that is what I ment, a real piece of masterwork ! thanks for the replay.

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Absolutely simple design and beautiful.

Does Ti tarnish like silver?? Or once it's polished does it retain its shine??

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Thanks Andrew, silver is the softest one of the precious metals, then comes yellow 18 carat gold, white gold and platinum are harder and will not wear of that quickly.
But Titanium grade 1 or 2 are far harder than the precious metals we goldsmith use. As you probably read before, some members find it difficult to polish Ti. That because of its hardness. That means once it is polished,it will keep its polished surface much longer. Same of course for all other surface treatments.
I have seem wedding bands I made 8 years ago and they still look the same as when I finished them.
Of course I could have made this ring out of platinum too, but Ti has some advantages over all other metals, and one of them is the non allergic reactions.
The other thing is that the profit is the same for your work, but the price for the customer is lower as the metal cost is lower.

and High End Ti jewellery is more exclusive

arnaud

 

[billrice@charter.net]

Arnaud you do such beautiful work TI is my next direction to work with. I have already been playing with it as to engraving However since the JCK show and I was able to see TI coloring and engraving ( very similar to the work your daughter did on the bracelet and engraving) My creative juices are flowing I like engraving TI. Keep up the great work

 

[bronc]

Beautiful work Arnaud!

Stewart

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Thanks for that Arnaud and appreciate the answer.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Tira]

Beautiful and cool!