A jewelry article optionally with one or more gemstones, includes one or
more hollow core segments with at least one bore in a side wall, and
optionally an element interconnected with the one or more of the segments
formed by a flexible linkage. A segment may include a setting with rods
to receive a gemstone. The segment(s), and optionally the element, are
preferably in an annular array to form a ring, necklace and the like and
may be of the same or different configurations. The segments also may
have different arcuate circumferential lengths and cross sectional shapes
preferably frusto-conical and may comprise only a portion of an article
such as a finger ring or necklace and the like periphery. The linkage is
formed by a pin secured to one segment or element and which pin passes
through the bore into the hollow core of the adjacent abutting segment. A
coil compression spring is captured to the pin in the hollow core of a
segment and urges the adjacent components together. The spring and pin
permit the normally abutting components to resiliently move relative to
each other to permit relative expansion along the pin length. Pins in an
array of segments are offset with the central plane of a ring type
article to permit a gemstone to be seated deep within the core.