Abstract: An ornamental ring-shaped metal gem formed of a wire maze, and produced by a process including forming, on a mandrel, a wire weave having a length exceeding a thickness of the manufactured gem, thereafter inserting the mandrel, together with the wire weave into a tubular element of a die, which also includes a cylindrical bottom portion supporting the tubular element and defines a stop surface for the mandrel, and applying pressure to the wire weave to form the gem.