Self Taught Jeweler Making a 9ct Gold Opal Ring | Lost Wax Casting Method
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2023
- The ring I’m most proud making of using the lost wax casting method. 🥲 I enjoyed making every piece in this new collection, but this Opal ring is by far my favorite. This ring is going to be available Friday at 5pm BST, it is a size 5.25 and is 9ct gold. 💕 This ring just feels special, I hope it sees many good days through many generations. 🙏🏻🫶🏼🥲
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This is amazing. She’s self taught and she likes ancient looking jewelry. She surely has the memories of a jeweler in the archives of her soul.
Thank you so much you’re so sweet 🥹💜
These are my daughter's 2 birthsones, and opal has always been my favorite, they are just so beautiful to look at!
The way it literally looks like a tree trunk in the middle of the forest is amazing! It truly does look like organic piece straight from nature!
Thank yooouu! That was the goal 🥰💜🙈
Awesome job. I have some rough opals (I will cut and poish myself), emeralds, etcetera, and I have really been focusing on making my own rings and pendants.
Can you do videos on how to start up (learning) and of the different equipments?
You’re so talented!! I’ve been teaching myself for a couple years now as I save and buy more equipment but I’m still such a beginner. May I ask how you removed the opal since you put the wax prongs in wax down over the stone?
I always thought you build the prongs up and out as to easily remove the stone.
Again, your work is amazing and you’re such an inspiration. You make it look so easy! Wish you had a course on setting stones bc it’s such a tricky area for me.
You’re so sweet, thank you! 🥹💜 I will try and make a more in depth video on stone setting as soon as I can! 💜 with the prongs, you absolutely can solder prongs on after, build it straight up or put it over the stone, it just depends on the look that you want. If you put the wax prongs over the stone, use an exacto knife to gently lift the wax from the stone and then gently push your stone out from the back of the rings. If you use a blue wax, it’s just bendy enough to not break the prong. Sometimes the prong will pop off, but just use your electric pen to stick it back on ☺️💜 I hope this helps 🙏🏻☺️
Wow its Stunning & so unique!! 🤯🫢 I think it would be even more beautiful in Sterling Silver though lol! 😂 Ive been a diehard sterling silver girl my whole life lol! 😂 Its kind of odd but something about my skin or the oils in my hands will completely tarnish gold within a day of wearing it but I Never take my sterling jewelry off lol. 😳 Seriously, Never.. lol some have been on for 15+ years and somehow they stays beautifully shiny and polished without ever cleaning them lol 🤷🏻♀️🤣 And Im one of them girls that loves my sterling so much that I wear a ring on almost every finger and even 2 on a couple fingers LMAO 🤣🤣 I tend to be more of a band wearer or rings that lay a bit flatter but this one is so beautiful id definitely wear it in Silver lol! 😍😍🫶🏻🫶🏻 You have an amazing skill & talent for this, im glad I found your channel!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
That opal is gorgeous 🫠 My birthstone 😍😍😍
Thank you!! It’s my favorite birthstone! ☺️
Opal has always been my favorite stone and my daughter's birthday is in October so its one of her stones, I was so excited when I found out she'd be an October baby bc of this, and being able to throw her Halloween birthday parties
Nicely done. I like your style, it is as if the jewelry should be plucked out of time. I have felt the same about this style for years.
That is beautiful and so unique looking! 😯🫢😍 I don't think that I've ever seen a ring that looks like that and I've certainly never seen those peach Stones I didn't even know they existed 🤯 but that opal is just Stunning!! 😍 I think it would be even more beautiful in sterling silver! 🫢😍
You are a really artist! We like to make this jewels
Greeting from Rome
Thank you 🙏🏻🥹
Love how you see things. Beautiful rings.
Thank you 🥹🙏🏻
Wow I just discovered you on UA-cam trying to learn how to cast as a jeweler and I’m impressed by your work of art!plus I love opals! Keep it up 🥳🥳🥳
Thank you so so much! 🥹
I love this ring..would buy one for myself😊
I’m so glad you like it! It will be available for sale on September 19th 6pm EST 💜 I also do custom work incase it isn’t your size ☺️💜
Great design
Thank you ☺️
beautiful opal.
Thank you! 🙏🏻
I love your work!!
Beautiful 💛💛💛💎💎💎💎
Looks wicked
Thank you ☺️
That ring is beautiful!!
Thank you so much 🥹
You're so talented and pretty! I love the ring. It turned out great 😃
VERY NICE! 😀👍🌹
I’ve been watching you for a minute. I keep coming back to this video - you should do a video on how to make setting in wax. The claws etc!
Great suggestion, next time I am doing a claw setting I will! 💕☺️
As an October baby, I love both the opal AND the PINK tourmaline. It’s nostalgic of the jewelry I’d get as a kid before I could have opals 🥹 Best of both worlds!
(JFYI: Superstition states it’s bad luck to wear an opal if you’re not born in October. Bad luck & illness.)
I realllly want one 💕
So do you commission each piece? Do you make a set of like 10, and they go to whoever buys them first?
Girl you are awesome 👍😎
Thank you so much! ☺️🙏🏻
Thanks for uploading inspired me great artist great video keep up the good work
Thank you so much! 🥹
beautiful and talented
Thank you 🙏🏻💜🥹
This is awesome
Thank you 🙏🏻
you are amazing!
I love
Amazing work
Thank you 💜
Thanks Ive been wondering how the setting of the stone after its been Casted works❤
That’s lovely ❤
Thank you so much! 💜
Amazing
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Talent
Thank you 🥹💜
I love your creativity awesome ring so beautiful and inspiring. Im trying my hand on a new hobby, semi pre crystals…but baby steps starting with bracelets.
thank you so much! I hope you're enjoying it!! 💕
You can cast with stone mounted on the wax
Lovely, I have an Opal just like the one you set but its only 6 carat what would you charge for the setting with the 2 peach gems?
Awesome work.
Good to see.
From india
Thank you so much!
love these process videos!
quick question, how did you get the opal out between the wax carving and when it was cast? do you send the wax carving with the stone inside to the casters and they do it?
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy them! 😊 I gently pry the Opal out before I cast it. There are only a few gemstones that are hard enough to cast in place like diamonds, sapphires, etc. 😊
Nice yrr
How do you take the stone out when having prongs, or doing the prongs after casting
I love this method and honestly I would be much better at it than the by hand carving metal I was doing 😂
I'd love to learn this! where do I start??
Hello, an you list all the tools you use, I want to learn also
I think you are using the hammer hand piece at a really high rpm, I'd release the foot pedal a bit as to not wear it out! Apart from that looks awesome!
Thank you so much for that advice! I will definitely slow it down a bit 🙏🏻😊
Totally amazing work 👏👏👏
Thank you so much! 🥹
That’s that stand you are using to hold the ring while you apply the wax?
Where are you purchasing your gemstones
Where did u learn that ?
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What wax do you use ?
May I ask where you got your swivel vice ?!?! It looks so comfy compared to what I'm using.
I love it SO much 🥹 it’s a GRS Encore 💜 I got it on GRS website but you can also get it on Amazon! I have it linked in my Amazon store front www.amazon.com/shop/miteramade
Is there a market for your jewelry? I'm interested in making and selling that's why i ask.
How did you make the wax ring into the gold ? You didn’t show doing that
I sent it to a a company to cast into gold for me. I do this process at home now so you can see it in some of my newer videos ☺️
How do you remove the gem before make it silver ?
Gently pry it out 💜 I have a video where I show how I do it ☺️
How do you get the stone out of the wax… do you have to break one of the setting claws and redo it after.
I gently push it from the bottom, if a prong breaks, I can easily solder it back on with the hot pen, but the wax is pretty strong 🙏🏻
How much?
How dose it go from wax to gold? Or is it gold plated?
It’s solid gold and it’s a process called lost wax casting, I recently uploaded a whole video on how it works ☺️
Can i ask where you get them cast?
In England I had them cast at Merrell Casting in Birmingham. Now that I’m back in the states I cast my work myself 🙏🏻
After casting the wax to make the mold is it ok to leave the mold sit for a couple days before you cast the ring or do you have a certain time frame to use it?
I have heard that it’s ok to let it sit out for a few days with no problems, as long as you try and hold in the moisture. I read that a lot of people will let it cure for the 2 hours, then put it in a ziplock bag until they’re ready to cast 💜
On this particular ring did you mark it ?
I do! I had this one hallmarked 💜
I am indian
چطور وکس به نقره تبدیل شد. روی وکی نقره می ریزین؟
I create a mold around the wax and then pour the silver into that mold 💜
Great video!
How do you get the stone out without breaking the prongs?
Also what type of wax are you using?
Thank you!☺️ I’m using Blue Ferris wax! I gently separate the prongs from the stone and then push the stone out from the back. The wax is pretty strong and doesn’t typically break, but if it does, I use my little solder pen and reattach it 💜☺️
@@MiteraMadeYou are so kind because no one who doing this wax setting giving specific inform to the people commented how to
Do you cut/shape the stones yourself also?
I don’t I purchase all of my gemstones from other small business 💜💜
Howmuch would u sell a ring like that for j.w it's amazing and my wife would love it
Thank you! ☺️ it’s for sale for $800 and is a size 5.25. 💜
what is the tool you used at the start called and how much is jt
I think you’re taking about the encore vice by GRS tools, if so it was about $650 😭 definitely not 100% necessary BUT so incredibly helpful! 💜 I have a link to it in my Amazon storefront 💜
@@MiteraMadeoh thank you ik i’m asking for a lot but could you tell me where i can get that spinning thing that you use to polish
How much did it cost you to cast it ? If you don’t mind me asking
The weight of the gold (£260ish) plus £8 for the spru, £11 service charge and an £8 postage fee.
How do we apply color to the wax jewellery piece
I cast the wax in the metal of my choice 💕
What material do you make the mold from?
I'm wondering how do you cast the wax into other materials.
@@lexy2368 if you watch my latest casting video it will give you a full rundown of how it works. I hope it helps! 💜
How do you cast it
I choose to send my wax carvings to a dedicated caster who makes a mold of my work and then casts it in the metal of my choice. I then finish it up and set stones at home 💜
I'm with you, the ancient techniques are way better. I restore FDNY Fire Alarms. Im self taught and I use tools and techniques from 1920's. The quality you get from Hand Made Cannot be dupilcated by computers and or cnc machines.
Thank you!! ☺️
Awesome ring but why 9k ?? Even 10k isn’t considered fine jewelry
Thank you! I hear you on the 10k, but I’m growing my brand nice and slow and want to stay in a reasonable price point for my audience 💜 a lot of people want to buy nicer jewelry but can’t spend an arm and a leg 💜 I try and offer affordable quality jewelry. If someone wants a higher carat of gold, I do custom work and will happily do that for them 🙏🏻💜
@@MiteraMade ahh i see!! I feel youu! Keep up the work, your killing it! To many jewellers doing the same ish over and over or copying stuff! 💪💪
You skipped a few steps ma’am
They only give you 60 seconds 🙈🩷
Does that mean its gold plated?
It’s solid 9ct gold 💜
That opal is not Australian !
That’s an Ethiopian opal !
Nope. It’s a pipe opal from the Mintibie mine in Australia. I’ve seen Ethiopian Opals in person and the two look different 👍🏻
Touch Wood
lol that’s good luck right? 🙈
You do know 9k isn't gold
"good" is relative to who is purchasing it. ❤️ I try to achieve a level of quality while also being as affordable as I can for most people which is why I offer 9ct. Although the higher carats are nicer to work with, not everyone can afford that so I continue to offer a range. 👌🏼
What rent is saying is the United States doesn’t recognize 9k gold as being gold. That’s why you don’t see in on our market’s. 9k,12k,16k I believe is not “recognized” here. What does that mean to a jeweler is making it themselves and sells it to a person who wants it? Nothing she’s not labeling as 10k and selling 9k so nothing wrong here. I don’t see a problem with it. I just hope you sell 9 through 22 so that you can grab all markets
Dam good shit
Thank you 🥲💜
Where do you have your wax pieces cast into gold?
When I was in England I used Merrell Casting but now I cast them myself 💜