Preparing for a significant event in their life - the wedding, young people attach great importance to the choice of the main symbol that unites two loving hearts, wedding rings. For a long time, the choice of rings was standard and monotonous. Recently, the couple moved away from the canon, trying to choose a unique wedding rings, emphasizing the individuality of their pair.
This task is perfectly handled by combined wedding rings, which are gaining increasing popularity, opening up a vast scope for the imagination of designers and jewelers.
Features
Combined rings have a unique feature - to create them, a combination of two or more precious metals, sometimes of the same metal of different shades, is used. This opens up additional possibilities in creating fancy design solutions. For their realization the jeweler must make a lot of effort. To create such a ring can only truly experienced master. And the result, no doubt, justifies the whole laboriousness of the process.
Material
For centuries, there has been a tradition to make wedding rings from yellow gold. At the moment there is a much larger selection of metals, each of which has its own characteristics and advantages.
Pure gold
High-grade precious material - with all its appearance makes it clear that this is pure, expensive and refined gold, undoubtedly, it is worthy to become the basis for jewelry. But due to the minimal content of impurities, it is rather plastic, which can lead to deformations if the bezel is not thick enough.
Yellow gold
Metal, which has become a classic option for jewelry, especially wedding rings. This type of gold in combination with other metals is used most often.
Pink gold
Material with an unusual color, achieved by adding copper to the alloy. The peculiarity of the shade allows to reach interesting color combinations of metals in jewelry.
Platinum
The elite and expensive metal possessing exclusive properties. Although it looks like silver, this exclusive material will provide the product with maximum resistance to external influences and durability among all other metals.
White gold
An interesting alternative to platinum and silver. This material is very popular because of its practicality and elegant appearance.
Silver
Budget option for wedding rings. However, in combination with other metals, this material is able to play with new colors.
Sometimes precious metals are combined in a jewelry composition, such as white or yellow gold with copper, bronze or silver. Not visually inferior to their dear fellows, such rings are much more democratic in price.
Of course, this list does not exhaust the variety of materials used in the most original solutions. After all, the diversity of metals implies a greater diversity of their combinations.
To create a combination of rings use a variety of materials, sometimes in their ingenuity, even moving away from the canon to use only precious metals. Such decorations are made to order for newlyweds who wish to capture the uniqueness of their couple in the decoration, which will remain with them for life.
Models
Above such an ornament as a wedding ring, time has no power; it is an eternal symbol of married couples. Designers this gives the opportunity from year to year to invent all new and new models. The combination of several materials allows you to play with lines and shapes, creating masterpieces of jewelry.
These attributes of family life may be flat or convex, wide or narrow, with even or curly, rounded or beveled edges.
Pair rings, half made from combined gold, for example, white and yellow, or gold and platinum, symbolically represent a harmonious combination of male and female in a married couple. The boundaries between the two types of metal can be smooth, wavy, nodular, or even in the form of a pattern.
In addition to the standard form, they can be a patterned wreath of different types of metal, for example, two or three types of gold.
Although the combined rings at the expense of their originality look quite self-sufficient and without inserts, inlay with precious or semi-precious stones will add them luxury. For example, the border between two metals, laid out by miniature diamonds or cubic zirconias, or the elegant diamond bezel at the edges, will give them a truly chic look.
Engraving on rings is also popular. It can be located both on the outside and on the inside. The date of the wedding, the names of the spouses, the word or phrase can be engraved (Latin has gained particular popularity in this). The Council of Jewelers - to do diamond engraving, which will give special shine to this symbolic inscription.
Despite the canon, wedding rings do not have to be the same for the bride and groom. The combination of materials allows you to make them a mirror copy of each other. Or, since it is not typical for men to wear precious stones, the rings may be similar, but only the bride's ring will be encrusted.
Modern manufacturing techniques give future spouses the opportunity to exchange a pair of unique rings made exclusively for them alone.
Tips for choosing
Since wedding rings are not an accessory that they wear occasionally in mood, but are constantly worn, it is not necessary to succumb to momentary charm when choosing them. Models with an unusual shape can cling to objects or clothes, and a large stone on them will look out of place in everyday life. It is worth thinking about this before the inconvenient accessory will take its permanent place in the box.
Pay attention to sample availability.
In the combined ring, the sample must be on each metal. It is better to purchase products from famous jewelry brands or from a proven experienced jeweler. If you do not pay attention to such an important detail, you can become the owner of the goods made of one metal and processed using a special technology that allows you to create the appearance of a combination of several metals in the product. Such jewelry is cheaper, however, with time they can change, turning from “combined” into a usual ring.
It is also worth mentioning a few standard tips for choosing wedding rings:
- Ring should be chosen in a calm, comfortable environment. No need to rush, future spouses need to carefully consider and frankly discuss their preferences.
- When fitting, you need to carefully listen to your feelings: the ring should easily be put on the finger, it should not press, cause discomfort or, conversely, fall off the finger.
- Also, the decoration should look organic on the finger. Thin or tracery on the male finger will be inappropriate to look, while on the female wide and massive will look cumbersome.
And finally, listen to yourself. Are you sure that this particular set most accurately reflects your relationship? If yes, then both of you will definitely feel it! These will be the dear to the heart attributes that will give you pleasant memories of the main day in your life together.
Of all the attributes of a wedding celebration, only wedding rings remain with the newlyweds for the rest of their life together. That is why their choice should be paid particularly close attention to this symbol of married life to delight you from year to year. The combined rings are elegant and original for those who want to emphasize that their union is as strong as the combination of metals in their beautiful wedding rings.