[Jjanusz-Jewelry]

Hi everyone- I am new to this forum but will be happy to answer questions about the design and creation of fine jewelry. I am associated with a custom jewelry design studio about 15 miles northwest of Chiacgo in the suburb of Hoffman Estates. After more than 25 years of designing and creating fine jewelry for some of the area's high end jewelry stores, Janusz Goralski and I opened his custom jewelry design studio. We actually take a blank sheet of paper, listen to what our customers tell us they want and then proceed to bring it to life first on the paper. Then, a wax model is created- we use the lost wax method- the customer is called in to check to see if everything is to their satisfaction. We then create the mold using a special material that creates the mold. This process takes place in a kiln that fires to 1400 dedgrees Fahrenheit! Next the metal is melted- usually silver or gold which is introduced to the mold. We will shortly have a short video clip on our website which actually shows the process- condensed into minutes. I have added a phto of one of the rings that we designed and created for the 2005 "Magnificent Bride" show held at the Drake Hotel in Chicago.

[rpr]

really good and awesome design.next time i would like to buy this kind of design for my wife on our next wedding anniversary.

[tat2gurl]

That is beautiful!!!!!I need to show this to my boyfriend *hint hint*

[SLRtobeMom]

There's not enough stores in my area that offer jewerly design services.

[kimplovely]

There is a lot of great detail on that. The side diamonds are beautiful and something you wouldn't see too often.

[mistyrusty]

wow!! that is amazing!!!

One day here soon I want to get my kids Birthstones made with mine & my husbands being the 2 biggest ones... But I want 1 more child so I am going to wait till he/she is born LOL.

I would love to see more samples of what you do!! My mom is Obsessed with rings as well so I would love to show her some of your work!!

[SLRtobeMom]

A birthstone ring would be wonderful. My grandmother had one and my mother has inherited it. It's one of my favorite pieces that she owns. I am saving to add my son's birth stone to the ring as well.

[memollymo]

Thats a beautiful ring.
I'd like to design a ring that has 2 largish (3/4 carrat) stones as center stones (I have 2 engagement rings I want to combine into 1 ring that doesnt' look like an engagement ring). I wonder, are there any settings out there that would allow me to do that?

[sidds14]

thats an awesome designing

[mcelhakd]

wow, thats a very nice ring! and idea how many carats it is?