NOTE: This piece is currently for sale! Price is $85. Note or comment if you're interested.

Done as a companion to this piece, this is a slightly flashier, perhaps more feminine version.

Turkish round is the bigger brother to byzantine. It's thicker, heavier, and more intricate. In this version, I have used Argentium sterling silver and anodized niobium. Much of the work that goes into a niobium piece is color-matching; no two niobium rings are the exact same color, and I order them in a mix bag so I can pick out exactly the colors I want.

The Argentium sterling rings are hand-cut. I spin silver wire around a mandrel, cut it with a jeweler's frame saw, tumble it to deburr them, then assemble the bracelet. The bracelet is then heat-treated, which brings the germanium present in the Argentium alloy to the surface, forming a protective barrier around the silver rings. This does not hurt the niobium. Then, to remove discoloring from the heat treatment, I submerge the piece in a weak acid bath. After neutralizing with baking soda it is returned to the tumbler for a second time, this time to polish and harden the bracelet. All told, more than 20 hours goes into the crafting of a piece like this, from start to finish.

This bracelet wears wonderfully, it is dense and heavy, but not excessively so. It is guaranteed to be noticed. It would look especially nice worn with it's mate; or perhaps with your mate wearing it's mate? Just food for thought. ;)