Jesse Creates A Ring

In 2003, Jesse Lee Jacobs, metalsmith, musician, an artist decided to show the sequence of events of making a ring, through a new found medium for him, film. Jesse captures with his own camera hundreds of different perspective shots of cutting the ring out, soldering, filing, polishing, and bezel setting a lapis lazuli. Jesse spliced together this metalsmithing video footage with his own original score as a back drop. With a mivi dv camera, and remote control, an a bunch of make shift camera mounts he filmed a process that takes a couple of hours, and edited it down to a 9 minute 11 second movie.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Silversmithing
• Metalsmithing
• Jewelry
• Jesse-International

[RiaSmithDesigns]

Great job Jesse...think your bench is a little too neat...needs a bit more chaos going on... :)  love the music with it.

[uzamakinarutoninja]

now that is skill i recently becam a goldsmith apprentice and broke 3 saw blades on my first day how does he do that !!! i wish i could cut it that quickly

[freedan33]

i agree, little knowledge is a dangerous thing! especially when the person talks as if they are full of knowledge!

[RavensBreath]

Wrong, pieces UNDER a certain weight do not have to be hallmarked or stamped with anything whatsoever so please do not give out advice that could potentially damage small businesses.

[TokyoElbow]

very nice video, music goes well with it.

[gswiaczny]

fu****g cool beard :D film and music is awesome too! thx! now i know how to make a ring :D

[Sumermagor]

love this video and the music is cool!

[dmntdangl]

re: "If jewellery supposedly made of any precious metal has no stamp or mark. . ." Some artists simply do not mark their work. Also, there are some highly respected artists that do not mark their work "sterling/925" but do sign it. Amy Quandalacy is one. Her work is simply marked "Amy".

@Jesse - cool vid & nice job on the piece

[djsaphira]

if the jewellery is stamped ".925" or just "925" it means that the piece is definitely solid sterling (this means it's 925/1000 parts solid silver). If jewellery supposedly made of any precious metal has no stamp or mark (this goes for silver, gold, platinum) then the source is unreliable and you should def stay away from buying it.

[foxibren]

i started a jewelry course and im terrified of learning the tools of the trade especially using machinary