From welding the ring together I found that the location holes don’t need to be quite as offset as I made them. The pins need to be more of a snug fit as I found it hard to weld together without there being holes still visible in the shank. I had to stop filling them up as I was making more holes than filling them and the shank was becoming too large from the buffing away of the excess filler wire.
I wrapped some cling film around the flower to keep it clean and safe from any market go on it accidentally and also to stop dirty fingers touching it after polishing; this turned out to be effective. The flower also moves around a bit but that was intended as it means that there is a little more given in it if it were to get caught on something when worn. I also think that it keeps within the organic feeling of the piece with the flower having some movement rather than it just being a rigid set thing. As a working prototype I am pleased withe the way that this can be assembled relatively quickly and I'm sure that in the future if I were to make this again not only would my laser welding skills have improved but I also know what to do next time in terms of offset widths so there is more of a snug fit between the parts.
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