364/365 emerge

copper and sterling

Once again the figure is loose, and can be worn ascending or descending according to the wearer.

362/365 vertigo

aluminum and copper

360/365 hang

The figure is not attached, it balances. Until it doesn't.

copper and sterling silver

359/365 merry christmas!

sterling silver, copper

352/365 how to pronounce tomi

Here is the origin of today's video ring, you might need to click for the larger version to read it:

ETA: This video and facebook friends led to ring #354.

350/365 terrier

sterling silver

307/365 more floor

I painted another plywood insert, this one is in the living room. The design is from this beautiful ironwork in Barcelona, and I added three diamond rings. I'll apply one more coat of stain and then urethane.

306/365 dia de los muertos

Happy Day of the Dead!

sterling silver

305/365 painted floor

I had two floor furnaces removed three years ago and have been considering painting the plywood inserts ever since. I used some leftover supplies and an easy method recently taught to me by a friend.

I altered the design of this gate to include a ring at the top,
can you see it?

I used Adobe Illustrator to tile the 30" x 19" image on letter paper and taped it together, layed a mask of contact paper on the floor and used spray adhesive to attach the printout on top. I stained the plywood earlier today.

I started to cut the design with an exacto knife and realized
I was cutting the wrong portions out.

Cutting finished.

Sprayed with matte black spray paint.
I will add more stain and then urethane.

304/365 happy halloween!

sterling silver, ebony, Robin's finger

300/365 dreihundert

Well here we are at ring #300, I can hardly believe it. I'm really pleased with the way this came out except for one really important thing - it should say 'dreihundert' which is German for 'three hundred'. Instead it says 'dirhundert' which is German for 'you a hundred'. Damn.

286/365 chilean miner

sterling silver, brass

277/365 chicken head

plastic, sterling silver

264/365 peace

Happy International Day of Peace! Evelyn Markasky suggested that we make rings in honor of the day, this one is sawn from copper sheet.

Maria Apostolou made this lovely silver olive branch ring set with peridot. Maria shared some info from Wikipedia, "In Greek mythology, Zeus was to bestow the newly created city of Athens to the god who provided the most useful gift to humanity. Poseidon cast down a bolt which brought forth from the ground a spring. Athena created the olive tree, and subsequently won. Olive wreaths were worn by brides and awarded to olympic victors. The symbolism of the olive branch was carried on to Ancient Rome, where a defeated army would carry olive branches as a gesture of peace."

And Evelyn's ring, she wrote, "...here is my peace ring, copper stamped with peace in several different languages: la paix, iri'ni, pingan, pokoj, wolakota, shalom, pax, sith, peace, taika. It was very meditative and satisfying doing the stamping. Then I enameled a domed copper disk with several layers of enamel to represent the world and then added a peace symbol with black enamel. Happy Peace Day!"


Lesley Tinnaro says of her Peace Pinwheel, "My kids came home today with 'Peace Pinwheels'. It's a project that their art teacher undertakes ever year on this day. The kids (all 500 or so) make pinwheels with peace signs on them and plant them around the school to help blow the winds of peace around the world."

Kest Schwartzman's ring is entitled A Tooth for a Tooth. Kest wrote, "Maybe today's ring is about peace. Maybe it's not. I don't know. I kept thinking about a Utah Phillips recording of how he became a pacifist- how he kept getting into fights until his mentor type fellow pulled him aside, and told him he was bad at fighting, and he needed to stop, and that the only way to stop was to treat it like an addiction- that he couldn't just stop getting into brawls, he had to outright become a pacifist and never do anything- no matter how small or justifiable- never do anything violent again."


And finally Natalia Gomensoro's street art ring, I love it!