Self Taught Jeweler Making a 9ct Gold Opal Ring | Lost Wax Casting Method 

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.

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!

These are my daughter's 2 birthsones, and opal has always been my favorite, they are just so beautiful to look at!

Can you do videos on how to start up (learning) and of the different equipments?

So beautiful! It looks like it’s meant for a forest sprite 💛

That opal is gorgeous 🫠 My birthstone 😍😍😍

AMAZING!!!

Wow, so talented and absolutely gorgeous.

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.

Love how you see things. Beautiful rings.

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.

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! 🫢😍

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!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Wow I just discovered you on RU-vid 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 🥳🥳🥳

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.

I love this ring..would buy one for myself😊

Great design

beautiful opal.

That ring is beautiful!!

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!

Beautiful 💛💛💛💎💎💎💎

Girl you are awesome 👍😎

Thanks for uploading inspired me great artist great video keep up the good work

I love your work!!

Looks wicked

You're so talented and pretty! I love the ring. It turned out great 😃

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?

You are a really artist! We like to make this jewels Greeting from Rome

VERY NICE! 😀👍🌹

beautiful and talented

This is awesome

That’s lovely ❤

Amazing work

Thanks Ive been wondering how the setting of the stone after its been Casted works❤

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.

I love

you are amazing!

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?

Totally amazing work 👏👏👏

Amazing

You can cast with stone mounted on the wax

Talent

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?

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!

How do you take the stone out when having prongs, or doing the prongs after casting

Nice yrr

Awesome work. Good to see. From india

I love this method and honestly I would be much better at it than the by hand carving metal I was doing 😂

That’s that stand you are using to hold the ring while you apply the wax?

How did you get the gemstone out of the wax model? ❤️

I'd love to learn this! where do I start??

Hello, an you list all the tools you use, I want to learn also

May I ask where you got your swivel vice ?!?! It looks so comfy compared to what I'm using.

Where are you purchasing your gemstones

Where did u learn that ?

What wax do you use ?

How dose it go from wax to gold? Or is it gold plated?

How did you make the wax ring into the gold ? You didn’t show doing that

How do you remove the gem before make it silver ?

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?

Is there a market for your jewelry? I'm interested in making and selling that's why i ask.

How do you get the stone out of the wax… do you have to break one of the setting claws and redo it after.

On this particular ring did you mark it ?

Can i ask where you get them cast?

Did you teach yourself on how to do this or go and learn somewhere? Xx

How much?

چطور وکس به نقره تبدیل شد. روی وکی نقره می ریزین؟

what is the tool you used at the start called and how much is jt

How do we apply color to the wax jewellery piece

Howmuch would u sell a ring like that for j.w it's amazing and my wife would love it

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.

Great video! How do you get the stone out without breaking the prongs? Also what type of wax are you using?

Do you cut/shape the stones yourself also?

How much did it cost you to cast it ? If you don’t mind me asking

I am indian

Awesome ring but why 9k ?? Even 10k isn’t considered fine jewelry

How do you cast it

Does that mean its gold plated?

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You skipped a few steps ma’am

Dam good shit

That opal is not Australian ! That’s an Ethiopian opal !

Touch Wood

You do know 9k isn't gold

Where do you have your wax pieces cast into gold?