{"product_id":"almost-went-the-other-way-horizontal-diamond-ring","title":"Almost Went The Other Way Horizontal Diamond Ring","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"35\" data-end=\"88\"\u003eThere are versions of our lives that almost happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"312\"\u003eLives we can still sometimes glimpse from a distance — in memories, old conversations, missed opportunities or choices we nearly made. The city we almost moved to. The person we almost became. The path we almost stayed on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"390\"\u003eAnd yet somehow, through instinct, chance or courage, life curved elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"551\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"419\"\u003eAlmost Went The Other Way\u003c\/em\u003e was designed as a reflection on those delicate turning points: the moments that quietly redirect the course of who we are becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"863\"\u003eTwo flowing lines of gold move beside one another like parallel timelines — close, connected, yet forever slightly separated. The sculptural form holds a tension between past and future, certainty and possibility, grief and growth. Neither line dominates the other; both become part of the same evolving story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"894\"\u003eAt either end sits a diamond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"945\"\u003eNot simply as decoration, but as markers in time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1202\"\u003eOne for the self you once were. One for the self that emerged because life unfolded differently than expected. Between them lives the unseen emotional distance travelled — the resilience, uncertainty, hope and transformation that shape a person over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1447\"\u003eThe open form allows the ring to feel soft and fluid against the hand, almost as though it is still in motion. Rather than closing into certainty, the shape remains gently unresolved — echoing the reality that becoming is never fully complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1449\" data-end=\"1752\"\u003eMade entirely by hand in solid 9k gold using traditional goldsmithing techniques, each ring is individually formed, soldered, finished and set by hand in my London studio. The curves retain traces of human touch and intention, giving the piece a warmth and intimacy that cannot exist in mass production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1754\" data-end=\"1886\"\u003eGold becomes a metaphor for transformation itself: shaped through pressure and heat, yet emerging more luminous through the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1888\" data-end=\"2015\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1888\" data-end=\"1915\"\u003eAlmost Went The Other Way\u003c\/em\u003e is a piece about instinct, fate and the fragile moments that unknowingly reshape our lives forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2017\" data-end=\"2020\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"189qedo\" data-start=\"2022\" data-end=\"2040\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2042\" data-end=\"2346\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"15fx9ca\" data-start=\"2042\" data-end=\"2076\"\u003eHandmade in solid 9k yellow gold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"2xw4ez\" data-start=\"2077\" data-end=\"2117\"\u003eTwo lab-grown round brilliant diamonds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1i5bvef\" data-start=\"2118\" data-end=\"2143\"\u003eHandmade bezel settings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1fgfb0k\" data-start=\"2144\" data-end=\"2198\"\u003eIndividually hand-formed sculptural open-wave design\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1n0gr9m\" data-start=\"2199\" data-end=\"2246\"\u003eTraditional goldsmith construction techniques\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"8icm3b\" data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2282\"\u003eApproximate band thickness: 1.5mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"sohfwc\" data-start=\"2283\" data-end=\"2312\"\u003eHandmade to order in London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"p9ip1r\" data-start=\"2313\" data-end=\"2346\"\u003ePresented in Lily Flo packaging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Lily Flo Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58035640369539,"sku":null,"price":395.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/6421\/1634\/files\/AlmostWentAnotherWay_DiamondWaveHorizontalRing.jpg?v=1778676413","url":"https:\/\/www.lilyflojewellery.com\/products\/almost-went-the-other-way-horizontal-diamond-ring","provider":"Lily Flo Jewellery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}