Wife of Yorkshire man who lost his wedding ring makes new one for him - saving them £500

After a hard day’s grafting, Ian Thursfield who runs Leeds Refills Zero-Waste store in Hyde Park, discovered he had lost his wedding ring.

The 34-year-old father-of-three, who is married to wife Rachael, said: “I did a full day in the shop and also an evening of community event planning. When I was on the way home I realised there was no ring on my finger. We spent about five hours looking everywhere for it.”

Ian’s ring cost £550 which he said was “stupid amounts,” and he added was “totally gutted” to have lost it.

But Ian and his wife Rachael had spotted a silver band jewellery workshop at Seagulls social enterprise which cost £50.

Ian said: “So in a panic we rang Seagulls to see if they had space on a ring workshop. Luckily they did and Rachael had great fun making a replacement ring a week later.”

Rachael learned to hand-craft the piece in the silversmith workshop which involved learning how to fabricate, solder, texture and construct a silver band ring transforming a metal wire into a perfectly shaped ring into a bespoke individual design and size.

Ian loved his replacement ring but has ended up with two rings.

He said: “I had a flash of inspiration as to where the ring was. I had been filling up a recycling bin on the day I lost it. So I checked the massive bins out back. Luckily it was there. So now I've got two rings. It looked good fun to make too.”