Best Friends Forever: Custom Rosewood & Green Turquoise Ring Set

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"i carry your heart with me(i carry it in

my heart)i am never without it(anywhere

i go you go,my dear"

(e.e. cummings)

A client came to us with this design in mind: a puzzle ring set with a heart split between the two. The wood, medium rosewood; the inlay, a seafoam green (his partner's favorite color.) We chose a green turquoise, and the resulting inlays feel marine indeed. 

The result is like a BFF pendant, but so much better. What better way to commemorate a marriage between best friends?

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Prong Setting Super Post

In 1872 Ferdinand J. Herpers patented the prong setting for the Tiffany Company, who had introduced it as the "Tiffany Setting" in 1886.

It is an embrace of a setting, the prongs used in a similar way to how we use the fingers of our hands.

At SWR, we're always amazed at how different one prong-set ring looks from another. Recently, we've moved away from a simple pin-mounted setting. We like to use a prong setting laser-welded to a metal ring inlay. as you'll see below. We find they're stronger that way, and quite striking.

rosewood, garnet, patina'd gold

walnut, client-provided raw diamond (read more about this ring here!)

walnut, topaz

dark bogwood, moissanite, mother of pearl inlay

rosewood, topaz, opal inlay

rosewood and steel, moissanite

Interested in your own prong set wood ring? Get started by filling out our Custom Ring form!

A Sweet Hero of a Ring

rosewood, quartz, malachite

There's something about this ring that reminds us of the magical, the mythical, the fairy tale, the legendary. It's a ring that unlocks, that graces a hero, that signifies unseen strength and depth.

It reminds us of the feeling you get in your chest, the embrace and tension, right before doing good: committing acts of kindness, making other peoples' lives better in some small or large way. It's the enjoyment of humanity and the collective.

Yowza!

Yes, we admit it. We are total and utter Romantic ring nerds. And we're proud.

Want to be a ring nerd? Discover your magic in the shop! 

Guitar + Xylophone = Ring

At a show a few years ago, a gentleman approached Gustav: he had worked for a now-defunct Chicago xylophone factory for years, and had collected out-of-tune rosewood keys throughout his career. He'd never found a real use for them. Now he was clearing out his house and wanted to know, did Gustav want them? Of course the answer was a resounding (ha!) YES. 

We're so proud of this beautiful custom ring, made with that rosewood and a client-supplied guitar string. Check out how well the metallic spring of the string combines with the super-rich and multi-tonal wood. What could be more visually musical?

Want to own your own guitar string ring? Head over to our Custom Orders page to start the show!

Want to reuse the rest of the guitar, too?

Check out this ingenious/melodic home from Fairy Meadows Miniatures!

Perhaps something a bit more pragmatic and everyday?

Everyone needs more shelving! (via Apartment Therapy/Recyclart)

Reusing is all about innovation, and we love that!

For a peek at our in-stock rosewood rings, check out the shop!