Pearl Bracelet and Ring Set

by Rena Klingenberg
(Making Jewelry Now)

I wanted to create a rustic-looking pearl and sterling silver jewelry set. I already had a variety of rustic pearl necklaces and earrings I could wear together, so I thought it would be nice to have a bracelet and ring to wear with them.

The bracelet is a 14-gauge soft sterling silver wire frame, with white pearls of various sizes and shapes wired to it using 24-gauge half-hard silver wire.

(I'm not the originator of this bracelet style - I've seen it in several jewelry publications, but I don't know who to cite as the original creator.)

The ring is 20-gauge round soft silver wire, with an almost-perfect freshwater pearl wired to it.

The 20-gauge wire wouldn't fit through the pearl's hole, so I used 24-gauge silver wire to wire-wrap the pearl to the ring shank, and then wrapped the 20-gauge wire ends around the pearl to form a "nest".

About the
Mysterious Floating Ring

How did the ring in this photo levitate and float like the lady in a magic show?

Well, I'd love to be able to tell you I used my brain to telekinetically lift it off the purple velvet.

But actually, my camera somehow created the illusion that the ring was floating without visible means of support. It was really resting on the purple velvet.

At least, I think it was.

Rena Klingenberg
Making Jewelry Now