Creating a pendant is a lot of fun, and often once a stone has been captured into wire working it would make a fantastic ring. But how to create a nice ring band that is not too plain for the complex ring top?
Basket Weave! A beautiful wrap that creates a sturdy, yet pretty ring band that is certainly not understated. It is easiest to start with the ring band and then use the wild wires at either end to construct the ring top.
The tutorial is only how to do the basket weave technique, not how to then go on to create the whole ring. Make enough band to mostly get around your finger, and then use the wild bits in coils to hide the final join.
Start out in affordable copper wire purchased from an electronics hobbyist shop called transistor wire. It is cheap and coated in a clear plastic coating so the copper does not discolour.
The tutorial shows you how to start the bezel setting for the found object to sit on and the literally spiral around building up a cup that will encase the found object inside. Then finally use the remaining wire as a simple bail.