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Lost Wax technique wedding rings are all about the original texture of the wax before the casting and these beauties from Ali Alexander are the perfect examples of what can be achieved. Working from top to bottom they are: – String in 9ct white gold – Boston in brushed 9ct rose gold – Pembroke (Claddagh) in 9ct white gold – San Francisc in 14ct yellow gold

We’re all familiar with the classic skull ring worn by bikies, goths and shamans. Although they can be pretty cool they’re not a style everyone wants to wear or have stand out on their fingers. Luckily Ant Hat has produced this amazing The Aquaint skull ring in oxidised sterling silver. This one features two skulls forehead to forehead and is designed to sit discretely on your pinky finger.

When people think of rings they often think of a ring being made from either silver or gold. That is not always the case as some jewellers, like the talented Gavin Macsporran, makes rings from silver (polished or oxidised) with a gold highlight. This stack of rings are a great example of what is possible.  

When photographing behind the scenes on how silver and gold jewellery is made you get really cool shots like this one by Albert Tse. It shows his gas torch heating the precious metal to turn it into a liquid so he can cast the desired piece of hand forged jewellery.

Many people think a titanium ring needs to be pretty standard in a flat or a half round shape by David Parker has developed a range of titanium rings a little different than most (working top to bottom): – Home is where the heart is: titanium outer with an inner sleeve of gold – GTS: heat treated to highlight the GTS stripes – Grinder: when you want some texture and you have your grinder handy – Inlay: a gold inlay highlight – Constellation: diamond highlights – Wide GTS: heat treated to highlight the GTS stripes Little people by TINKY