Making a silver flower ring

I went to the ijl show (international jewellery london show) found this onyx flower and this is how I made it in to a ring

1st thing I done was bend up some 2 mm round silver wire to finger size M I made it so it had a point because I wanted it to have a vine look about it

Then soldered the join

The next step was to tap the ring round

Then I tapped it flat

I cut the excess metal off the bottom of the ring and made it into more of a pointy shape and filed then buffed into a smoother shape

With the saw frame I found the centre of the ring on the opposite side to the point all I done was marked the centre by putting a very small cut

There’s a hole in the flower which takes 1 mm round wire and where my marked the centre with the saw frame I drilled a 1 mm hole to a deepness of 1 mm

Then soldered than 1 mm wire into the ring. using more 1 mm silver wire I cut 6 pieces to the length of each leaf and soldered them to a place of Silver tube which takes the 1 mm wire into the tube

I placed the flower onto the 1 mm post then put the Silver tube onto the post to and tapped the silver post down over the tube to keep it secure

The next step was to bend down the silver rods that went across the flower

Then I cut the rods down to a size that I thought looked good then used a paper disc to smooth them down so they wouldn’t get court on any clothing

I polished it using a brush with a bit of green compound then a stitch mop also with green compound. The final thing I had to do was to put a little bit of glue on the stone to give it extra strength as this is a unique shaped stone. With stones like these it’s hard to make them 100% secure.