I am having a ring made for Mom for mothers day. Her stone, me, my brother, and the grandkids.Oldest to youngest:
Mom - Ruby
Kelli - Pearl
Brother - Sapphire
Ted - Diamond
Alex (bro’s kid) - pearl
Frankie - sapphire
Noah (bro’s) - Topaz
Zack (bro’s) - Topaz
Jilly (bro’s) - Garnet
I want some symetry, like mom’s stone flanked by mine and bro’s, then his kids on his side, my kids on my side. But I cant get it to balance
that would look like this:
How about something like a geneological “tree” or branch. The stones could be set in leaves or flowers, with your mom’s at the “root” and the rest of you branching out from there. That way the symmetry of the stones wouldn’t matter too much.
I like your design Opalcat, it’s pretty cool. However I think it would do better on a pendant or necklace (as suggested by Frankie). As it is thats a pretty huge ring, unless your mother has especially strong/large fingers, I’m not sure it’d work out too well. (as it is i’m slightly reminded of the fashionable stylings of Mr T)
If she doesn’t accept many stones, maybe you could craft a ring of many smaller opals, each with a different “strong” color?
The strength/beauty of opals is that each is individual and different… perhaps a small opal in the name of every person would do? It might be a little more work to find opals that match, but it beats having a mismatched ring.
Opals are pretty individual, and depending on the particular light/cut might mean anything you like! And they’re darn beautiful, regardless… a large central opal with smaller ones flanking would make quite the impressive ring.
And if you want bonus points, mount the thing in platinum. It’d be much classier that way. For some reason, it seems to set the multicolored opals off really well. White gold would work just as well.
You could do what we did for my mom, which was just a ring with her stone in between mine and my brother’s. Then get her a separate Grandmother’s ring with all the birthstones of the grandkids.
If you do something simple with each ring, she could wear them together (like a wedding band and engagement ring).
How about a necklace and earrings? A ruby pendant for her - with your family on one ear and your brother’s on the other. That still leaves a balance problem, with more stones on the bro’s side, but earrings don’t have to be identical, just similar. And since they’re not worn side by side, a little asymmetry can be easier to pull off. I’m thinking flat disks in gold (or silver) with a scattering of birthstones - 3 on one, 5 on the other.