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Custom Mokume-Gane Wedding/Commitment Rings
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Mokume-Gane Mokume-gane is a labor-intensive ancient Japanese technique that results in swirling patterns of color created from various precious metal alloys. As a result of the process, each pair of rings are a matched mirror-image. This makes the material a meaningful and popular choice for rings meant to symbolize love and commitment between individuals (whether that commitment is legally recognized in your home state or not). |
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Why have Anne make your rings?
- See finished examples while Anne helps you design your own.
- Quality - Anne has an MFA in jewelry-making, and has been working in the field for over 19 years.
- Personal service - you pick
your ring size and design at the
studio, not by guessing on the internet.
- One free sizing after delivery.
- Working directly with the artist means no jewelry store mark-up - prices are the most reasonable you will see anywhere.
- See the actual studio where
your rings will be made.
- Support a local artist in your community.
- Reasonable time-frame -
your rings will be ready three weeks
after paying your 50% deposit, faster if your ceremony date is
approaching.
Possible color combinations:
- Sterling silver/14K palladium white gold. Very subtle!
- 18K tri-gold - Rose, Yellow and Palladium white gold.
- 14K Rose and 18K Yellow gold alternating with sterling silver.
- 18K Yellow and 14K Palladium white gold alternating with sterling silver.
- 14K Rose and 14K Palladium
white gold alternating with
sterling silver.
- 22K Yellow gold
alternating with double thickness
sterling silver.
Examples of rings made here at the ANNEX:
 This popular color choice uses 14K palladium white gold and sterling silver to create a subtle, cool-toned pattern. Looks excellent with diamonds, blue sapphires, or as a mokume strip on 14K white gold band, as shown in the examples above.  This ring is created with an 18K yellow gold liner and edging. The mokume is 18K yellow gold, 14k rose gold, and sterling silver. The etched finish highlights the patterning.  These rings show two popular mokume color choices - 18k yellow gold and 14k rose gold with sterling silver on the left, and 14k palladium white gold with sterling silver on the right. Both are lined with sterling silver, a great cost-saving option - just as beautiful on the outside, but about 1/3 less in cost than a solid mokume or gold-lined mokume band. Either design can be etched to highlight the patterning.  This couple treated themselves to new rings for their 10th anniversary. The .25 carat diamond was re-set from the lady's original traditional prong setting. No mokume here, just contemporary European design using 18k palladium white gold, and a little 18k yellow for the tube setting.  Matched 18k yellow gold, 14K
rose gold, and sterling silver twist pattern mokume-gane, one ring with
a dome top and 8 flush-set diamonds, other ring with a contemporary
flat-top. |
 Classic Band - 18K Yellow, Rose and Palladium White gold. One ring with flat-top, one with a rounded top. Simple but elegant, these rings will last a lifetime. |
 18K tri-gold mokume center stripe, on matching sterling bands. This design can be altered to use yellow, rose or white gold as the outer band, and any color combination of mokume for the center stripe. Many couples choose differently colored gold outer bands. |
 These rings were made with material reclaimed from the customer's jewelry collection. The old jewelry was melted down and re-worked to create these matching rings of sterling silver and 14K gold, with two tube-set 2-point diamonds. |
Interested?
Please make an appointment to stop by the studio.
619-488-7540 or anne(at)raystreetannex.com.