Style Selection
Style Selection
To design the setting, first we need to ascertain what your partner's style is.
Classic
Usually a single stone (solitaire) or a three stone ring design where the centre stone is slightly bigger than the two shoulder stones. In principle the setting design is timeless, refined, not too busy, elegant.
Modern
Bold shapes, often asymmetrical, often unconventional in their choices, contemporary, generally a wider or more chunky design as a rule of thumb, but still refined.
Art Deco
Defined geometric shapes, linear, architectural, 1920’s 1930’s design influence with a touch of vintage. Refined but more complexity to the design.
Floral
Leaf shapes, flower motifs, more dainty than bold.
Halo
A center stone with stones around it. This can be a coloured stone with diamonds around it, a diamond with diamonds around it or a diamond with coloured stones around it.
Keep in mind, if you are feeling unsure or overwhelmed at any stage in the process, we are always here to help. We have plenty of experience in working with customers to identify styles and match them with the perfect ring.
Once we have the center stone and the design style of the setting we can start to refine the choices of how the stones are secured. Here are a couple of terms and types of settings paired with images to get you across some of the lingo used in jewellery design.
Setting Type
There are nuances to design and these come down to the finer details. Below are some different ways of finishing the head of the claw that affect the overall impression of claw settings.
Claw Shapes
If you have got to the end of this page and you are feeling bamboozled, don’t stress, we are here to make this process easy. Sometimes its just best to deal with a human face to face. Book an appointment to come an see us and we will get it sorted.
If you know what you want, that’s great, we can jump in and get started on quotes. Send us a picture or photo of something you have seen that you like and we can work on how to get the best value for your budget.
