I made this moostone ring as a special order for a customer, using lovely deep section (2.5mm) D section recycled sterling silver, hand forged into a simple lightly hammered band,. A very pretty high grade 5mm diameter moonstone looks lovely in the simple bezel cup setting. The stone catches the light beautifully, and I am really pleased with how it turned out. I am looking forward to setting other gemstones, and have been experiementing with using gold bezel cups, which look lovely with certain stones, like labradorite, and rubies. I am particularly interested now in using ethically sourced, traceable gems, and fair trade stones. Not an easy mission at present it seems, however rumblings within the mainstream jewelley industry are growing, thanks to the work of campaigners within the industry, and growing interest about fairtrade and ethical jewellery from consumers. So watch this space...............
