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Rings are one of the favourite jewellery elements that women choose to adorn themselves with for ages. Over the centuries, not only women opt for this type of body garnishment, they were also worn by men to express their social position or administrative function and emphasize family affiliation, which is why rings also took the form of a signet with the sign of a coat of arms with which the letters were sealed. Nowadays, jewellery plays an inestimable role in the fashion industry and has an established position in its world. Its creation is fostered by unrestrained freedom in the choice of style, design, size, colour, and material from which it is made.
In the 925CRAFT – jewelry making supplies online store, you will find a wide range of high-quality ring blanks and many other components like jewelry stones: GAVBARI gemstones and semi-precious stones, as well as GAVBARI and Swarovski crystals and pearls, from which you can create beautiful, fashionable, and personalized rings. A culture that enhance emphasizes personal style allows jewellers and craftsmen to give free rein to their imagination. Although the field of design isn’t subject to strict requirements, the fashion industry shows certain directions worth following to design hand jewellery in line with current trends. One of these trends is composing stacked rings on one or more fingers and additionally combining models made of the same or different metals, for example by combining silver and gold or rings made of other materials and different colors. Decorating fingers with many rings allows making collections of accessories that can be combined without limits. Bases for such models, both for big and minimalist rings, you can find in our assortment – some of them are presented in this article.
Blank rings for stones or crystal
The offer of many jewellery brands has been enriched with rings with natural stones, inspired by the vintage style, symbolizing the return to nature and handicraft. These fashionable stones come in a wide range of colours – although particular attention in this season is paid to the black colour. These stones are available in pastel or glossy variants. You can also find both faceted and raw stones, as well as mounted in simple or decorative findings. Besides rings decorated with natural stones, Rings with crystals have also been popular for many years, thanks to modern production technology that helps to obtain cost-effective equivalents of diamonds, with the same brilliance and light reflection. Today, we can modify the old patterns of ring bases and wear them in new arrangements. We are inspired by famous personalities from the world of fashion and cinema. Although years ago jewellery with stones and crystals was associated with elegance and special ceremonies, today it is also a part of casual or business style. To provide our clients with the possibility of implementing any project, we offer many silver glue in ring blanks and dedicated GAVBARI stones with the popular Rivoli or Rose cut, as well as GAVBARI crystals and Swarovski Rivoli.
The GAVBARI natural stone palette captivates jewellers with saturated colours. You can create astonishing hand accessories with symbolic messages, because the stones have assigned a specific meaning. People for whom the stones are of special value – look for accessories with a specific type of mineral. Others are guided by the appearance of stones to match jewellery to favourite outfit, eye colour, or specific type of beauty. The stones with special features include jadeite, chalcedony, chrysoprase, quartz, onyx, carnelian, and tiger’s eye. If you want to know the symbolism and more properties of semi-precious natural stones, we invite you to read our article: “Natural stones for jewellery making”.
Types of blank rings for gluing
Different preferences of our clients regarding rings with stones are an inspiration to create designs with different minerals, so that everyone can find their dream pattern.
- Ring bases for Rivoli
Among the offered bases for gluing, the most popular are models for stones and crystals with Rivoli and Rose cut, which differ in the form of the stone setting cup:
- Rings with rimless cups
The first group includes rings with simple, rimless cups that discreetly surround the stone, holding it firmly, thanks to the smooth walls and profile of the bottom. Most of these forms are dedicated to Rivoli and Rose cut, since cups correspond exactly to their shape. Thanks to this, the upper surface of the stone is fully exposed, presenting itself in all its glory. An example is a adjustable ring blank for Rivoli decorated with black onyx, so you can get a fashionable ring with a black natural stone. If you want to make a set of jewellery, you can use a pendant setting to make a delicate necklace attached to the selected chain base with pinch bail or jumpring. The same pendant can be used to create beautiful earrings, when we attach it to any earring base, for example to hoop leverback. In the case of long earrings, we propose a connector base pendant for Rivoli, to which you can mount any pendant, for example, an openwork pendant, a letter pendant, or a spatial pendant. The set will be tastefully completed with an impressive cup chain bracelet, dedicated to Rivoli or Rose cut stones or crystals.
- Ring bases with a delicate rim
The second group includes ring bases with a delicate rim, which very subtly affect the look of the stone embedded in the setting. An example of a model with this type of rim is a double bezel ring blank, intended for both 10 mm crystals and Rivoli and Rose cut semi-precious stones, which have the same shaped lower part for gluing. The adjustable, spiral type of base with two cups decorated with dark green jadeite, together create an eye-catching green stone ring. As with rings with rimless settings, you can create a set of jewellery composed of a necklace with a simple blank pendant or earrings with leverbacks.
- Ring bases with a rim
Another group of Rivoli and Rose cut ring findings are models with a thicker, rounded and exposed rim that slightly overlaps the stone and highlights it in a bit different way than the previous models. In this case, the setting is more visible, thanks to which the gloss of silver or gold, rhodium or platinum plating emphasize the colour of the stone and the glow of the crystal. Experimenting with different types of galvanic plating and the colours of stones and crystals will let you obtain attractive colour combinations and many variants of the same ring. Thus, we will make it easier for the client to choose the most suitable model for him.
The example of this type of setting, with a wide rim, is adjustable ring – Rivoli base 12 mm. If you use it as a combination with white quartz, a different colour of stone, you can easily make a fashionable ring with a crystal. Another example of an interesting model from the group of ring bases is Rivoli and pearl double bezel ring blank. For this design, we recommend Rivoli in the form of GAVBARI crystals with a diameter of 8 mm. It will create an appealing combination of a timeless pearl and a shiny crystal, which, like natural stones, are the leading ornaments in jewellery accessories in recent seasons. 925CRAFT – jewelry findings wholesaler has in its offer bases for other product categories, such as leverback earring findings, pendants and cufflink blanks.
- Ring bases for cabochon stones and resin
The next group of ring bases for gluing represents settings for cabochons, which are also dedicated to resin or jewelry clays. Their characteristic feature is a flat bottom, so they are intended for stones with the lower part profiled in the same way. We can distinguish models with a simple rim and in the form of a crown. The bases also differ in shape – round or oval, depth and size. We also offer double spiral bases – for the production of rings with a double cup. Among them, you can find adjustable and custom-made models. Both cabochons and resins are very popular, which is why our range of sterling silver ring blanks of this type has many styles and sizes that can be used creatively in many variations.
- Ring bases for different shapes of crystals
925CRAFT, as a jewelry findings manufacturer, has in its offer also ring bases for gluing crystals in other shapes than round – which were originally dedicated to the Swarovski brand, for example, from the Fancy stones collection. Ring blanks for Square Cushion are one of them, for which we recommend alternatively high-quality GAVBARI crystals in the appropriate shape and size. Chaton bases, such as a ring base with three cups, will help to create shimmering multi-coloured rings. We recommend Chaton GAVBARI crystals for this setting. A ring with such an outstanding design fits perfectly into the current jewellery trends.
- Ring blanks with glue pad
Another group of silver flat ring blanks for gluing stones or crystals are the ones with flat pads in the place of the cups, so they are suitable for decorating with cabochons (stones and crystals with flat bottoms). These products differ in the shape of the pad – they are round or rectangular, and the size of the ring. Due to their form, they are more universal. The plates can also be decorated in other ways as well – it depends on your imagination.
You can experiment with the presented bases by gluing stones and crystals – polished or raw, into them, paying attention that their bottoms are similar to the cavities, to obtain a permanent connection, for which jewellery glues are used. The charmingly shiny jewellery with stones and crystals is timeless and perfectly emphasizes the femininity and beauty of women who wear it. It is also a symbol of luxury, which is why it is so appreciated by women and jewellers who willingly create beautiful accessories. The ring, as one of such accessory, pleases the eye with its brilliance and makes ladies feel special. The 925CRAFT offer has been prepared to enable the making of complete sets of jewellery, so the rings can also be easily matched with earrings, bracelets, necklace pendants, or cufflinks.
Ring bases with loop – minimalistic design or in the form of a bunch
The charm ring is another hand jewellery design that has won a unique position in the fashion canon. This type of project usually has two forms: minimalist – with only one pendant, or more sophisticated – with several, or in the structure of a bunch of loops. For this kind of jewellery, charm ring base with loops will be the best option. They are available in a few sizes, as well as an adjustable variant. Charms enable personalization of the ring by attaching pendants of client’s choice. The personalized jewellery is a great way to quick adaptation of the model to the client’s expectations, which is why the idea to attach charms to the ring base gained so much recognition. Attachable details are often connected to the base with open jumprings, but you can also offer your clients a set of charms for attaching themselves, with the use of a small lobster clasp. This solution gives more freedom in replacing pendants according to the occasion and personal taste. A ring with a pendant or few charms mounted on a lobster clasp can be made in two ways. One of them is connecting pendants permanently to the dangle ring base with jumprings. The second option is to offer a typical base charms with lobster clasp attached, which can be used as a connector for pendants joined with jumprings.
To design a ring with many pendants, we recommend a charm ring base with eight loops. It will look spectacular with charms attached permanently with jumprings. The good choice can be small laser cut letter pendants or square letter beads, or another three-dimensional forms, such as heart, pearl, or pendants decorated with epoxy resin or jewelry clays. This base is also a great choice for creating an a splendid grape ring using beautifully shiny bicone GAVBARI crystal beads, GAVBARI gemstone beads, or GAVBARI semi-precious stones. Rings with stones, crystals, and pendants fit the current jewellery trends, because of their expressiveness, the possibility of personalization and decorating with natural stones. They meet the needs of clients and allow them to design models they are looking for. In addition, the bases are made of the highest quality nickel-free 925 silver, so they are hypoallergenic, while the offer has been prepared at attractive prices so that everyone can find inspiration, both jewellers, ordering elements in bulk, and individual handicraft lovers.
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