Creation of Celtic alliances

Celtic culture spread throughout much of Western Europe and even today we find vestiges and traces of this occupation of the territory.

Celtic sites and artefacts are characterized by particular symbols such as the triskele, the Celtic cross, the triquera or the Awen.

These symbols are also used for tattoo design or serve as inspiration for making Celtic jewelry.

In this case it is a duo of custom-made solid silver wedding rings engraved with Celtic symbols, namely the triskelion and a stylized spiral.

We will accompany you to discover the creation of these band wedding rings engraved with triskels and spirals. Both rings are identical, only the size of the ring varies.

Celtic wedding rings engraved in solid silver made through our custom ring creation service

Here are other examples of Celtic jewelery made in our goldsmith workshop, in gold or silver, including bracelets, rings and pendants.

The design of wedding rings

Our project begins with designing a digital model of our alliances project. These are band rings engraved with Celtic motifs supplied by our customer.

This is a repetition of spirals and triskels around the edge of the wedding rings, as shown in the photo below showing an engraved leather bracelet that served as an example.

Motifs that served as a model for the engraving of Celtic wedding ring motifs

Below you can see the digital model seen on the left and as a virtual photograph on the right.

This step allows us to validate the design and begin production while ensuring we have a good understanding with the project sponsor for designing the jewelry.

Digital wedding ring model with engraved representation of Celtic motifs

Being a wax master

Once the 3D model has been validated, we can move on to the implementation phase, starting with the creation of a resin master, the physical creation of the digital design.

A 3D printer allows us to print the design of our ring in resin, in order to physically obtain the master of our ring, printed from the digital file of the ring previously created on a computer.

One of our Celtic alliances arises from 3D printing

Thus we obtain our ring, identical in every detail to the computer-sculpted project. The accuracy of the details is of the order of 1/10 of a mm.

Silver manufacturing

The master rings are then used to make a refractory plaster mould. A wax tree is created onto which the wax masters of our rings are integrated, this tree is then used to make the plaster mould.

The mold is then heated to destroy the wax and resin, which then leaves a hollow impression in the mold. The molten silver is then poured into the latter to obtain our sterling silver wedding rings.

Our silver wedding ring engraved with Celtic motifs

We then have to carry out all the finishing, detailing and blackening of the recesses to obtain a pleasant contrasting effect with the shiny silver reliefs of the ring.

Here is the final result.

Detailed view above of Celtic carvings and a wedding ring on the finger below

The names of the bride and groom are then engraved on the wedding rings.

Internal view of the rings showing the engraving of the wedding rings

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