We made our own wedding rings! We thought it was a very neat idea, so on April 27th we went to the Flying Marquis studio in Ashby, where we cast, milled, annealed, pickled, soldered, shaped, sized, and finished our rings under the direction of artist Ann Cahoon.

Metal in crucible
Cast ingot
Milling the ingot
Annealing the metal
Inspecting the blank
Flattening the blank
Trimming the ends
Ready for bending
Rounded rings
Polishing
Texturing the surface
It's shaping up!
Finished rings
The happy couple!