14 Karat Bangle with Diamonds

To follow-up my previous post I thought I'd show a few photos taken while the bracelet was being made and comment on some of the techniques used. This piece was made for a jeweler whose customer had a link bracelet I had made. After being worn daily for many years it had simply worn out. They were considering having it remade, but decided upon resetting the stones into a hinged bracelet with a similar design.

 This is a simple hinged bangle I finished up a few days ago. Instead of carving the piece in wax or forming it directly in metal I modeled it in the Rhinoceros CAD program and had the main form built in resin on a 3d Systems ViperSi². 

I managed to take a few photos while building the piece and will try to follow up with a post on the process.