Sterling Silver Knotwork on a Ring?

[Sensus]

Just having finished a design, I now embark on the journey of actually making the piece.. it's a ring made out of Silver which has a rather complex style of knot weaving up from the band and around a stone. My question here is how would I do this specifically? The picture below shows an example of what I'm talking about. Most rings would have the design soldered or otherwise attached to the top of the band, but my idea has it unraveling from it similar to the image I have provided.

I suspect it would have to do with weaving silver wire together, but that leaves the band in question, soldering may look a bit unnatural from what I imagine. I do have someone to help me who has considerable knowledge, but he wasn't sure how this should be done. My innitial thought was to carve it from wax and have it cast, but he said that there should be an easier way.

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[Polly]

The ring in the image definitely looks cast, and is the best way to create this exact style.

You could use wire-wrapping techniques to create the entire ring, rather than trying to create a wire design on the front, and soldering it to a solid back.  Try googling wire-wrapped rings and you'll get some video tutorials and other how-tos.  (This process is not easily explained in mere words ... even if wire wrapping was something that I was good at!)