Northern Lights inspired engagement ring
ENGAGEMENT RINGS — BY SARAH ARNOLD ON MARCH 11, 2011 AT 2:07 PMOne of the first design appointments I participated in was so inspiring I was c
ertain the lady in question is definitely going to say yes. Mark had thoroughly thought through the design, gemstone colour, engraving and even the proposal location. Linking the entire experience from the design appointment with Antoinette, the beautiful engagement ring to the exact spot of where he was going to pop the question.
I hope by sharing an inspired engagement ring with you all, will get peoples thinking caps on. After all your engagement ring will be passed down for generations and wouldn’t it be nice if you could tell your grandchildren a little story behind the reason why you chose that particular gemstone or pattern of engraving.
Marks inspiration behind his partner’s engagement ring is the auroras borealis, commonly known as the Northern Lights. Named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas. The Northern lights have had several names throughout history, The Greeks call this phenomenon the ‘Dance of the Spirits’. If you were thinking of seeing this natural wonder the best places are above the Arctic Circle in North Norway at Lofoten, following the coast all the way up to the North Cape. In order to get full value you should avoid the full moon and places with a lot of light as the experience will be considerable paler. Also remember to wrap up warm.
The Northern lights are formed when particles thrown out of the sun into deep space meeting the Earth’s magnetic shield which are lead towards a circle around the magnetic North Pole where they interact with the upper layers of the atmosphere. The energy which is released 100 kilometers above our heads is the Aurora borealis.
Each eruption of the northern lights is unique. Often you see three green bands across the night sky, luminous greens, with a hint of pink along the edge and occasionally deep violet centre. Mark replicated this luminous green by choosing a sparkling pale green Sapphire as his centre piece for his partner’s engagement ring. The array of lights form flicking curtains or like rolling smoke, which Mark has incorporated by engraving flowing lines into the shoulders of the engagement ring.
I hope Marks story of taking an inspiration as a basis to design for his partner’s engagement ring and making the perfect proposal to link the whole experience together is an inspiration to all of us, as it certainly was for me.
