{"id":166,"date":"2013-07-29T23:10:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T23:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2013-12-05T22:14:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T22:14:30","slug":"copycat-fashion-jean-despres-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/29\/copycat-fashion-jean-despres-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Copycat Fashion: Jean Despres Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jeanDespresRing.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jeanDespresRing.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"jeanDespresRing\" width=\"576\" height=\"687\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jeanDespresRing.jpg 576w, http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jeanDespresRing-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I saw this ring from 1937 inside one of my old Harper&#8217;s Bazaar issues (March 2009). It was part of a blurb on an Art Deco and Avant-Garde jewelry exhibit at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs. I thought it looked GORGEOUS and wondered if I could make something similar for myself. I had some leftover acrylic plastic from a previous project and I decided to create a pendant\/brooch that looks like this cool ring.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jdPendantPin.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jdPendantPin.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"jdPendantPin\" width=\"720\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-178\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jdPendantPin.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jdPendantPin-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jdPendantPin-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the end product. It came out pretty nicely, although I wished the flat-back rhinestones came out a little more sparkly. They seem to be filtering the glue behind it into the stone, but other than that, I like the outcome a lot. The laser-cutting was a little more costly so I won&#8217;t be recreating this frequently without some serious coin. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-166 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jeanDespresRing.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jeanDespresRing-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd01.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd02.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd03.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd03-150x150.jpg\" 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class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd06.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd06-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd07.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd07-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd08.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd08-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd09.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd09-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd10.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd10-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd11.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jd11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jdPendantPin.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[gallery-0]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/jdPendantPin-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After I laser-cut the piece I outlined the specific area with the small rhinestones first. Then I glued the larger stones in the middle, and filled in the spaces with as many small stones as I could. Next I glued a laser-cut blue plastic piece that resembles the blue stone in the ring to the front and a pendant bail and pinback on the other side. After 72 hrs. it was ready to be worn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this ring from 1937 inside one of my old Harper&#8217;s Bazaar issues (March 2009). It was part of a blurb on an Art Deco and Avant-Garde jewelry exhibit at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs. I thought it looked GORGEOUS and wondered if I could make something similar for myself. I had some leftover &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/29\/copycat-fashion-jean-despres-ring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copycat Fashion: Jean Despres Ring<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copycatfashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}