Metal Colours, Finishes & Ring Sizes
Metal Colour Options
I work in various gold carats, as well as silver and occasionally other recycled metals. choose the metal or combination of metals that best suits your need from these photos. Click here for metal finishes. If you need anything clarified do contact me for details.
Metal Finishes
Jewellery is available in a range of different finishes. Choose the one you’d like by looking through these examples. If you need any further information do just ask.
Sizing, or Resizing your Ring
Sizing your Ring
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The most reliable way to ascertain your ring size is to visit a high street jeweller and ask them to size your finger using a sizing gauge.
Don’t be tempted to simply use a ring they have on display, as you can’t be sure that whoever labelled it, got the size correct in the first place!
Also keep in mind what kind of width you’d like your ring to be, as the wider the ring, the larger the size you need - the jeweller should have sizers for narrower and wider style rings.
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They will use a sizing gauge. Be sure to be measured using a sizer of approximately the same band width as the ring you would like to wear, as the width can affect the size quite a lot.
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Alternatively, you can use a ring sizing belt. Please let me know if you need one when ordering your ring.
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All Glasswing rings are measured by the standard British (Wheatsheaf) scale, however I can convert the size for you if you only know your own country's system.
The measurements in the International Ring Sizing Comparison Chart below are for a rough guide only.
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If you have any difficulties at all with working out your required ring size feel free to contact me and I will be pleased to help.
Resizing your Ring
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Increasing the size by light stretching:
We can increase the size by light stretching by 1 to 1.5 sizes to enlarge your ring is a fairly simple process and is free.
You’ll just need to cover the cost of postage.
Increasing the size by by more than a size and a half:
If it’s a bigger stretch you need, especially if there are stones/settings involved, and more than a size and a half is needed, it may need to be done by specialist laser welder which I can organise, (or you can organise this locally to you).
This normally costs around £30 + VAT.
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Reducing your ring size:
Making your ring smaller is also totally possible but calls for a slightly more complicated process, involving cutting and removing some material and re-soldering and re-finishing.
This normally costs around £30 + VAT plus P+P.
This can usually be done locally to you or it can be done here if you send it back with the required size.
Again, do ask if you need a sizer sent to you.
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Alternatively, you can use a ring sizing belt. Please let me know if you need one when ordering your ring.
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All Glasswing rings are measured by the standard British (Wheatsheaf) scale, however I can convert the size for you if you only know your own country's system.
The measurements in the International Ring Sizing Comparison Chart below are for a rough guide only.
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If you have any difficulties at all with working out your required ring size feel free to contact me and I will be pleased to help.
International Ring Size Comparison Chart
Sea Glass Colours
Sea glass lands on the shoreline in so many beautiful colours! Working out where one shade ends and another begins (especially when you love the subtle oceans blues and greens) is endless!
This guide below just scratches the surface of the colours available in the Glasswing Collection, but hopefully it will give you a clearer idea of the colours and names to help you choose the glass you’d like in your jewellery. No two pieces of sea glass are exactly the same - the texture and density / thickess of the piece will all have an impast on the final result once the glass is cut and set, drilled or strung, but we’ll do our best to match colours for you based on your specifications.
