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The Emerald Tea Ring designed and created by Mardel Rein

Create this elegant Emerald Tea Ring with only 3 grams of clay and a few simple ring making techniques.

Explore our Learning Center and learn how to make amazing jewelry starting right here. The Emerald Tea Ring is an elegant & delicate ring designed by Mardel Rein. The ring features a unique prong-set stone that uses simple tools and very few supplies.

Mardel says, “I love delicate rings, and PMC PRO is the perfect material to use for creating a ring with the strength of sterling silver. I made the Emerald Tea Ring shank using my Ring Size and Hollow Rings Templates. I added texture to both sides of the shank and to the top of the prongs using my Carnations Texture Tile. I used a stone setting bur, a triangle shape cut-4 needle file and a V-Grove Dockyard Carver to cut a seat for the 6mm square stone. I refined the outside of the ring shank with a Sponge Sanding Pad and smoothed the inside of the ring with a Half Round Ring File. The Emerald Tea Ring was fired in a No-Flake Firing Foil Box in a bed of Activated Carbon. I finished the ring using a Brass Brush, 250 grit 3M Bristle Disc, the Half Round Ring File, Silicone Polishers and a Polishing Cloth. The emerald stone used is a 6x6mm square lab grown emerald. I set the stone using a riveting hammer.

The most exciting part of the Emerald Tea Ring is that I used only 3 grams of PMC PRO clay! I could never have made a ring this delicate and strong with fine silver clay. This is one of the great advantages of PMC PRO, it gives me the strength I need to make delicate, fine jewelry that will stand up to wear.

Download the complete detailed Emerald Tea Ring Project Instructions and, as always, watch the Project Video FREE in our Learning Center and find all the tools and supplies you need right here. At Cool Tools you’ll find Tools, Projects, and How-To Guides created just for metal clay artists. Express your inner elegance with help from Cool Tools.

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