What are most wedding rings made from?
Traditionally wedding rings are made from solid gold. Like all things, however, gold comes and goes in fashion, and there has been a big increase in wedding rings being made from white gold, platinum, palladium and titanium. Many men view gold as a particularly female colour, mainly because of its close ties with jewellery and a general connotation that jewellery is a feminine accessory. Whilst mens wedding rings are almost as popular amongst grooms as traditional female wedding rings are amongst brides (indeed I am yet to meet a bride-to-be who has not demanded a ring), men tend to prefer wedding rings made from platinum, palladium and titanium all of which have a rich silver colour and all of which are almost as expensive as gold.
There doesn’t seem to be a huge amount of evidence as to where the tradition of wearing a wedding ring comes from. Some suggest that the ring symbolises possession in some way, although it is unclear as to whether this seems to be the concept of a man possessing a woman, or the more 21st century take on it, a symbol of a man given his wife a possession to show his love (which is why precious metals are normally used). The unbroken ring is a timeless sign of never-ending love and devotion. The wedding ring, which traditionally is an unbroken circle of metal, doesn’t have a start or a finish, but keeps on going for ever, and it is this rather romantic concept which makes a ring perfect to celebrate the bringing together of two individuals in celebration of their endless love and un-ending life together.