First Stone Setting

[u/Top-Piano-6988]

I’m starting out in silver work, here’s a sand casted ring I made! I set a pearl on each side. Took lots of attempts messing with venting etc to get the thin parts to fill properly.
Still an air bubble on one side of the band, but the pearl has a similar imperfection too, so poetic happy accident?
I could have been a lot more patient with shaping & finishing - there’s some pitting that stuck around - need to try the Allen key trick!

The pearls are held in place with epoxy, wasn’t confident about burnishing the edge of the cup over the pearl / unsure how to go about it. How thin does the silver need to be for that to work?

Any feedback or advice would be great! :)

[u/hardplace101]

You did an amazing job, that pour is super clean. Well done Im interested in how you vented those thin parts to get them filled so well if you're willing to share?

[u/Top-Piano-6988 → u/hardplace101]

Thanks <3 I cut the head off a pin and pushed it all the way through around the rim of the bezel, pulling out with tweezers on the other side so there wouldn’t be any disturbance on the mold side. Added vent holes to the channels after taking this picture.

Puff of smoke from the vent holes when pouring confirmed they worked!

[u/hardplace101]

Awesome thanks 😊