3d Print and 14k Yellow Gold Casted Free Form Textured Ring: Moore's Jewelers

Here is the 3d print and yellow gold casting of a free form ring we laid out for a client. This used to be a pretty common design back in the day when jewelry more commonly made by hand. Injection wax used to be dripped on top of a stock wax band. From there the waves or grooves would be smooth or shaped using various tools. It’s Pretty much the same initial starting idea while sculpting it digitally. However these types of rings are typically found with a hammer finish or some sort of texturing.

This customer wanted the same style, but more high polished. After laying out the model and showing the sample rendered images, everyone agreed that having it completely smooth didn’t look right, but trying to add a very subtle texture that would still be visible after polishing was kind of tricky.

However one our jewelers came up with a genius idea of printing the ring at thicker micron level and using the layer lines from the print as the textured. From there we smooth the top of the waves to help added visual contrast. Our client said it was exactly what their customer was wanting. We were thrilled the idea worked and the customer was happy!

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