"CASINO" DICE for you (10 photos)

When I made a collection of Casino-related jewellery I used Dice as one of my pieces. Each dice had 21 gemstones in each unit with two pieces, the total got to be 42 gemstones.

 I preferred to make each unit as attractive as possible. I used the best size as allowed, with space permitting.

 Pricing got to be another important factor. There was much metal in the manufacturing and with the stone size and qualities. I got back to deciding for the smaller size of each unit.  "DECISIONS & MORE DECISIONS"

 The second choice was to use a reduced size of stones for smaller size of dice.

 I saw this 'rounded' edge of a dice, There were some inherent problems with the actual stone setting.  The reasons were, as it appeared to be problems in not allowing me to increase the size of the stones being a major factor.

 The curvature of the corners made me think twice in pursuing this 'alternate' pattern. I can and always look and think of problems long before the actual casting has taken place. SO SHOULD YOU. JEWELLERY LOOKS NICE, BUT WILL IT WORK?

 

 My next and final question was how to set these stones without damaging the surface?  

I chose to set each stone lower than 'normal' and use 4 'wire-beads', aka "hooks" around each stone. 

I casually thought about applying a 'texture' to the surface. I like this idea, why? After a few tumbling of the dice on the gambling table, the polished surface will get marked.