turquoise and silver ring

This ring was difficult for me. It was the most complex piece I had done and my first (and so far only) inlay. It's not that it's difficult to make, but as with anything creative, things sometimes just don't work out too well some days! There are two bands of half round silver wire on the top and bottom and I just couldn't get them soldered, even though I had done the same simple ring many times before. Then I crushed a turquoise stone and a black stone I had laying around and along with some silver scrappings, filled the middle. I made it for my husbands birthday.