Accessories complete the look. And jewelry is the best way to handle this. To emphasize the taste, to place accents, to make a spectacular final touch will allow jewelry with enamel, which can be selected in different designs and colors for each ensemble. Enamel rings are fine fine jewelry with expertly crafted plating. Such rings are made of silver or gold for a variety of age categories. Enamel is decorated with products for women and men, there are solid stylish accessories and youth collections, as well as children's series.
Features of enamel rings
An enamel ring can be flat or voluminous, catchy or rather modest. Enamel can act as the main decoration of the ring or in harmony with engraving, inlaid with semiprecious and precious stones, including diamonds. Colors can be soft or bright, plain or smoothly flowing one into another, which gives an amazing effect.
But even products of the same color will look different. For example, a ring with a white enamel of dull milky color will significantly differ from white with a tint and overflow. Some enamels are transparent, allowing you to see the texture of the metal under them. Others remain opaque and are called opaque. They give a saturated color, look tight. They are used to create thin clear lines, narrow elements. Even a narrow ring can be equipped with several multi-colored “belts” from such enamel. But the opaque combine translucency with milky tints, which allows you to create unforgettable effects.
Popular destinations
Jewelry fashion is changeable, so designers design models according to the latest trends. In this regard, the assortment is constantly growing, new original products appear.
Floral motifs are very popular where you can choose a ring with enamel of sufficiently bright shades or an incredibly delicate product. In this case, a pattern can be created on the surface of the ring or each petal of a three-dimensional flower can be selected. However, various butterflies and representatives of the animal world in design with enamel are no less attractive.
A ring with enamel can be with small inserts, a strip around the entire circumference, clear geometric ornaments or a somewhat abstract pattern, combine one or two colors of the coating or differ in some multi-colored motley. Great game of contrasts: black enamel on silver. The ring looks especially elegant (silver, enamel are combined), where the metal pattern is thinly engraved against a background of black or simply darker enamel.
Men's and church rings
Enamel is needed not only for the embodiment of the flight of design thought, which is best implemented in women's rings. The stronger floor is intended for more restrained, but also chic models. Men's signets are often supplemented with enamel in combination with or without stones. Strict, concise, while very stylish, they reflect the taste of the owner, emphasize the status.
Of particular note is the presence of church rings. It can be silver or gold rings with enamel and the inscription "Save and save." This is a kind of amulet, which is designed to keep the owner and give confidence in the well-being of tomorrow. Such rings are suitable for both sexes.
Enamel Wedding Rings
As wedding rings, some models made in the described technique are also perfectly suitable. All kinds of engagement rings with enamel for all tastes are designed. Some are quite bright and extraordinary, they will appeal to lovers of the spotlight, others are gentle and discreet, closer to classic, but no less stylish.
It is easy to purchase models with black or white enamel, and different colors can be chosen for spouses. Great look wedding gold rings with enamel all over the central part and loose diamonds around the edges. However, more budget models will be incredibly attractive. In addition, the enamel can cover not the outer but the inner part of the ring, folding in the inscription, while the outer one will look quite usual.
When choosing wedding rings, it should be remembered that they have to be worn for a long time, and constantly, so here it is necessary to acquire a reliable and beautiful model that will not go out of fashion and will not be damaged over time. In addition to the attractiveness of the design, you need to remember practicality to make the ring comfortable. High-quality enamel is durable, and designs are usually well thought out, so there really is plenty to choose from.
Creating Enamel Jewelry
Most often, rings of 925 silver and 585 gold are decorated with such a coating . A silver ring with enamel can also undergo gilding or rhodium, which makes this metal even more chic, gives a bright shine. The decorative coating can be applied cold or hot. Cold enamel is more like painting, therefore less reliable and durable.
Sophisticated techniques for creating jewelry are an additional guarantee that the product is made by a real master. Handwork, author's designs, brightness and originality - this can not leave indifferent. So such jewelry is simply created for connoisseurs of art.
Manufacturing technology
The highest quality products are obtained using “hot enamel”. In this case, a layer of special low-melting material is applied to the product, and then the product is fired at temperatures up to 900 º. This is a very delicate work, since the enamel composition itself must be carefully thought out, in order to obtain the desired color thanks to certain additives, then carefully applied with a thin layer and baked. Such enamel is firmly bonded to the metal, further protecting it.
Another method is not easy to call. Enamel is prepared from varnish, in which special colored pigments are added. This composition melts and is still hot transferred to special recesses in the jewelry. Depth (i.e. the thickness of the resulting enamel) affects the color saturation, making the coating darker with increase. Creating amazing drawings on the rings, the masters then fill the recess with the composition. And then the ring with enamel undergoes the same firing at high temperatures, which allows you to securely fasten the coated metal.
The history of "hot enamel"
With such a coating, since ancient times, not only jewelry has been decorated, but also state regalia, weapons, cups and expensive dishes, prints and even clothing items. This technology was used in ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, a number of Asian countries long before our era. Art flourished during the reign of Byzantium already in the X-XI centuries. When they began to make the so-called cloisonne enamel.
In Russia, enamel began to be taken seriously even later - in the XV-XVI centuries. Solvychegodskaya enamel was famous. And already from the XX century. even a new term appeared - “Russian enamel”. Many art objects were created using it. Now the masters have received much more convenient conditions and expanded opportunities for their creativity, delighting users with new masterpieces.