{"id":2673,"date":"2025-11-29T17:21:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4h-jewellery-tutorials.com\/?post_type=product&p=2673"},"modified":"2025-11-29T17:54:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:54:25","slug":"broad-ring-convex-concave","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/4h-jewellery-tutorials.com\/en\/product\/broad-ring-convex-concave\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial # 27: Broad ring – convex and concave"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this video, I show how two wide silver strips are crafted into distinctive size-60 band rings<\/strong>, each shaped with a different goldsmithing approach. The first ring is formed through careful forging to create a soft concave profile<\/strong>, while the second ring is built up into a convex curve<\/strong> using a series of controlled punch marks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The tutorial highlights how responsive silver is to stretching and compressing, and why accurate ring-size calculations<\/strong>are essential when shaping wide bands. Through a combination of directional hammering, measured force, and selective texturing, each ring develops its own unique surface \u2014 whether a reflective hammered finish<\/strong> or a more granular, artisanal punched pattern<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Alongside the shaping process, I explain practical considerations such as material thickness, choosing the right punching tools<\/strong>, maintaining an even curvature, and distributing texture cleanly across the band. With the right technique, wide silver rings can be curved either inward or outward with surprising ease. This step-by-step demonstration provides both beginners and advanced makers with reliable methods for achieving stable, well-balanced results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this tutorial, I demonstrate how two wide strips of silver are transformed into size-60 band rings \u2014 one forged into a concave form, the other textured and raised using punches. With precise measurements and controlled hammering, each ring develops its own surface character, from subtle hammered patterns to a more pronounced punched texture. The video walks you step by step through the exact calculation and shaping process, showing how easily wide silver bands can be curved inward or outward. [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2675,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[37],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2673","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-jewellery-tutorials","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","instock","virtual","taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4h-jewellery-tutorials.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4h-jewellery-tutorials.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4h-jewellery-tutorials.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4h-jewellery-tutorials.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4h-jewellery-tutorials.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4h-jewellery-tutorials.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=2673"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4h-jewellery-tutorials.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2673"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4h-jewellery-tutorials.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}