Celtic Wedding & Engagement Ring Patterns
Are you looking for your perfect Celtic engagement ring? Want to know what pattern is right for your wedding rings? Read our guide to Celtic ring patterns for more facts & information…
Celtic Wedding Rings
Irish traditions are rich and full of both vision and feeling. This is especially true when it comes to weddings and marriage. The Irish represent beautifully the real meaning of marriage with their wedding rings. Celtic engagement rings and wedding bands have a fashion all their own, but still lend themselves to adding your own personal touches. An aged gold ring with the telltale woven pattern is the ideal symbol of the blending of two lives.
Celtic Ring Customs
It is usual in many wedding services to exchange rings. To further emphasize the reason you chose a Celtic engagement ring, you can include a brief message of its meaning on your invitation. Using Celtic engagement rings and Irish music will make any wedding ceremony and reception individual. This is a day to always keep in mind and the rings you wear will be a part of that reminiscence long after the champagne is gone and the guests have returned home. Keep the feelings you have on that day a part of everyday with the emblematic ring style.
Celtic Ring Patterns
The widespread tradition of embellishing the plain gold or silver wedding band with various designs and patterns has been known since at least 700 AD, in both Pan-Hellenic and Celtic cultures. The quite ancient symbol of the ouroboros, the serpent which consumes its own tail, was a theme used for wedding rings made of iron in Rome. The ouroboros itself is a symbol of the oneness of creation and destruction in renewal, and the life principle which timelessly feeds on its own inspiration. It also represents the hope for a lifelong marriage union that’s continually renewed.
Pattern designs for celtic engagement rings
Once you’ve decided you love the tradition of the Irish wedding ring, you can design your own engagement ring and wedding bands to integrate those styles.
First you begin with the valuable metal that will hold the pattern and any gemstones. Rings can be fashioned out of gold, silver, or platinum. Jewelers will tell you what material best suits the stones you may be setting within the ring. Platinum for example is the ideal material for setting a high worth diamond since it will not discolour or yellow the stone as gold might.
Next the metal is moulded into the customary woven Celtic pattern. Even an very old Celtic ring can be remade to suit the new couple’s preferences. It can be cautiously resized as to not lose the pattern and it can have individual gemstones added to it.
Rings can be made in many diverse widths too. For example, if you have a one carat diamond, you will most likely want a wider band than a ½ carat diamond would hold. That is accurate particularly if you want to show off the intertwined pattern and not have it hidden by the stone.
The motif of two interlocking rings goes as far back as the fourth century when it was used to decorate Roman cups. These cups were made of glass decorated with connecting mental rings.
Another early example of interlocking rings is found in the gimmal ring. These rings were popular in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. They consisted of rings that could be interlocked. During the engagement one was worn by the man and the other by the women. When they married the two rings were fitted together to be worn by the wife.
