![Tahiti Pearl Ring](https://wesleyharris.ca/sites/default/files/styles/process-top-image/public/process-series/Create%20Process%20Series/dsc_2397-fixedup_1.jpg?itok=3vMoLkFi)
Tahiti Pearl Ring
The design of this sculptural ring protects the pearl and is surprisingly comfortable to wear. It unfolds from a single heavy round wire.
The result combines an appearance of simplicity with three-dimensional interest.
The pearl is a beautiful natural specimen from Tahiti.
![A heavy round wire is cut in half most of the way down its length.](https://wesleyharris.ca/sites/default/files/styles/process-image/public/process-series/dsc_2305_1.jpg?itok=uTvH_hGr)
![Beginning to bend the half-round portions of the wire, bending against the direction of their cross-section.](https://wesleyharris.ca/sites/default/files/styles/process-image/public/process-series/dsc_2306_1.jpg?itok=DkVwcqis)
A heavy round wire is cut in half most of the way down its length.
Beginning to bend the half-round portions of the wire, bending against the direction of their cross-section.
![The tightest area of bending is achieved.](https://wesleyharris.ca/sites/default/files/styles/process-image/public/process-series/dsc_2307_0.jpg?itok=3w22Fy_f)
![Ring shank is joined, and the entire form is filed true. A post will be soldered into the ring onto which the pearl will be set. This post will be "barbed" with engraving tool stitch-marks. The pearl will be drilled as to fit tightly against these "barbs." The pearl will then be locked in place with epoxy.](https://wesleyharris.ca/sites/default/files/styles/process-image/public/process-series/dsc_2310_0.jpg?itok=KfGZkbBy)
The tightest area of bending is achieved.
Ring shank is joined, and the entire form is filed true. A post will be soldered into the ring onto which the pearl will be set. This post will be "barbed" with engraving tool stitch-marks. The pearl will be drilled as to fit tightly against these "barbs." The pearl will then be locked in place with epoxy.
![The finished piece, polished, with the pearl in place.](https://wesleyharris.ca/sites/default/files/styles/process-image/public/process-series/dsc_2449_1.jpg?itok=N7IvIz6J)
The finished piece, polished, with the pearl in place.