The blue topaz stone is the best known of the numerous variations of topaz.
This stone can in fact take on colors ranging from orange, to pink, to purple; as explained in this comprehensive article on the topaz stone.
Topaz is particularly popular for making engagement rings.Cgo. To break away from the classic and expensive diamond, so difficult to choose, the topaz stone allows you to offer, at a very reasonable price, a large stone with a pleasant to the eye, original color that matches both yellow and white gold.
We will describe in detail the production of different models of gold rings with blue topaz, handcrafted in our jewelry workshop.
Choosing the right topaz for your ring
Maybe you didn’t know, but blue topaz can be found in different shades of blue.
From left to right, a sky blue, Swiss blue and London blue topaz
As you see in the image above, the blue topaz stone takes on different shades:
- Blue topaz is sky blue
- Swiss Blue Topaz is Caribbean blue
- London Blue topaz is a deep blue
Regardless of the shape of the stone you choose, you can also play with the shade of blue of your topaz.
This view shows oval, princess, round and oval topaz stones ranging in shade of blue from lightest to darkest.
Gold ring with princess topaz stone
This gold ring design is a direct inspiration from one of our ring designs.
The drawing
This ring is originally set with a 4mm Princess cut diamond, but for our client we modified the design to fit a 6.5mm stone.
View showing Izcalia ring with 4mm diamond and after modification with a 6.5mm topaz stone
This modification allows it to have a larger colored stone for a much lower budget than the same diamond ring design.
Izcalia blue topaz ring in 18k yellow gold
Gold production
Once the ring design is adapted to our stone, a wax model is printed via 3D printing to test the ring size and stone fitting.
Our topaz stone is placed on the wax pattern of the ring prior to production
This is followed by the lost wax casting phase which allows us to obtain our 18k yellow gold ring from our wax model.
This ancient jewelry technique consists of making a refractory plaster mold using our wax model, then destroying the model by heating the mold.
The molten gold is then poured into the mold and takes the shape of the impression left free in the mold.
This video summarizes the steps of this process:
Thus we obtain our ring design in 18 karat gold, raw cast iron.
Gold ring coming out of the cast iron before the polishing phases
The work on the metal then begins.
The body of the ring is then finished, then polished before mounting the stone into place.
Closeup view of princess cut topaz ring
View of the topaz ring worn on the finger
Engagement ringCwings with topaz and pear-shaped amethyst stone
For this other topaz ring project, it is an engagement ringCCustom made yellow gold wings.
AND the budget for your engagement ring projectCAilles allows it, it is certainly the ideal solution to please people. You just need to choose the desired ring design and know the size of your finger to start such a project.
In this case it is a boyfriend ringCwings designed around a large blue topaz stone cut into a pear shape.
The 18k yellow gold ring hugs the tip of the topaz which sits in front of three small amethyst stones also cut into a pear shape.
Ring with gold topaz accompanied by three small amethyst stones, ring made to measure in our laboratory
The drawing
For this project, our client knew exactly what she wanted, so we started with the sketch she provided.
Drawing, outline of a topaz ring to be made
Our client is not a professional in the jewelry industry and since jewelry design is a practice that requires a lot of practice, we designed her ring project with our CAD tools.
And this was to present her with a visual rendering faithful to what she could hope to expect once the ring was made.
Here is the rendering of this modeling.
Modeled in CAD, the ring comes to life
Production
Once the design has been validated and frozen by our client, we can begin production of the 18k yellow gold ring using the lost wax casting process, following the same steps as the production of the ring presented previously.
Note the rough appearance of the gold and the claws that will be used to set the stones
After this step, the finishing phase begins with cutting the feed channels of our ring and polishing the gold.
Then comes the setting of the stones in their respective positions.
The topaz and amethyst stones that will be set on the ring
To give this result.
Perspective of topaz stone with amethysts in the foreground
Close up of the topaz in our ring
White gold ring with round topaz
Finally, third example of topaz ring design.
It is crafted in ankle-length, rolled 18k white gold and is set with a 6mm diameter round Swiss blue topaz stone and a marquise-cut sapphire.
Note that the white gold has been rhodium plated.
View showing the two stones bringing out the blue of the two stones
White gold topaz ring to wear on the finger
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