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Rebecca Howarth
4th May 2010 11:58

Laser engraving

 

Sam commissioned an engagement ring for Jo last year. He proposed with sketches of what we thought Jo would like and then they came in together to finalise the design. The ring was a slim 9ct white gold, 3 stone, twist style band with diamond and sapphire in claw settings. Jo came to collect the ring while Sam was out in Afghanistan and loved its delicacy. Sam is back safely and the couple are getting married in a few weeks time. Jo emailed to enquire about a set of wedding rings along with a picture of their silhouettes which they wanted engraving on to the outside surface.

Silhouettes

Hand engraving something like this is no problem if you have a certain amount of space however Jo wanted her ring as slim as possible approximately 2.5mm wide which would be very tricky to get the detail in! So I thought laser engraving maybe the way forward as we could get the detail. I think it works really well.

White gold wedding rings

The laser engravers took the artwork and made it into a file for the laser machine and then the engraving was done, scaling the image up a little for Sam's wedding band as this was a wider band. They wanted the engraving to have the effect of it almost stamped into the metal rather than a single outline of their heads so this technique definitely gave us the best effect.

If there are any designs that you may like to see if they can be laser engraved or hand engraved let me know and I can let you know what is possible!

Rebecca Howarth
 

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