HOW TO STYLE JEWELRY

With the eye of an artist, gemologist Marie is styling the aquamarine and peridot stacking rings I custom made for her. Different types of twisted silver wire, some thick, some thin, repeat throughout her jewelry choices, along with pops of color both bold and subtle.

Marie’s look includes awesome blue nails and an impeccable manicure, layered with a chunky red watch band for a fabulous, fun and fresh feeling with lots of color. On her left wrist a thick, bold twisted wire silver bangle, from my twist wire collection, sits close to an intricately detailed sterling silver bracelet. Small and large twists in these bracelets contrast and echo each other. The echo continues on her fingers in the ring shanks of the stacking rings.

Also of note is how the subtle pastel color of the bezel set peridot and aquamarine gems are echoed in the face of her watch.

The repetition and echo of twisted sterling silver wire throughout, and accents color pull her look together. It is both very modern and classical. Thanks for showing us how you rock a look with such style!

PHOTO: Marie Patten, gemologist

3 bezel set stacking ring with one twist spacer ring

TWISTED JEWELRY COLLECTION

My Twisted Wire Collection of sterling silver jewelry includes oxidized, twisted rings.

To create these rings I mill round sterling silver wire into square wire at my rolling mill. This lets me get the very defined square edges on the silver for a ring band or other pieces. These well defined edges are what makes the details for the twists pop in the final piece. Attention to detail is what handmade is all about!

In the final stages I oxidize or blacken the silver ring band. When polished the highlights of the twists show to their best advantage.

Oxidized sterling silver rings for my Twisted Wire Collection of sterling silver jewelry.