Ring a Day 31/365, 01.31.10

Baggie Ring

All my rings go in baggies, so it was only natural to make a baggie ring.

Plastic.

Ring a Day 30/365, 01.30.10

The Bauhaus

13 major members of the Bauhaus, in ring form. I had this pamphlet from the Bauhaus show at the MoMA staring me in the face from my desk. They just needed to be rings!

Paper, Rubber Cement, Inspiration.

Ring a Day 29/365, 01.29.10

Rabbit Ears Ring

I had made these marquis shapes last week when I was working on the Floating Ellipse ring. I used some bimetal (18k gold on one side and sterling on the other) but it turned out to be too fragile for what I was trying to do. I had to use them for something so they became today's ring.




Sterling silver, 18 gold, patina.

Project Runway Challenge #2, Burlap

The challenge this week was to make something with burlap. I ended up having to buy a huge roll of it and this was all I used!

This was a really interesting challenge, as I think all of the jewelers were pretty stumped when it came to working with fabric, I know I certainly was. I really loved Mila's dress, so I decided to use that as inspiration.

Brooch Sterling silver, copper, burlap, patina.

(Apologies for the crappy iphone photos!)

Ring a Day 28/365, 01.28.10

Lint Roller Ring.

Pretty self explanatory. Pictured with culprit.

Masking tape, lint, cat hair.

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Ring a Day 27/365, 01.27.10

Homage to Tone Vigeland

Last weekend I spent a good deal of time with my Tone Vigeland book looking for inspiration. In some weird way it led me to my Project Runway piece. I am still new to the art jewelry world and always learning about new designers. When I learned about her a few years ago she became a real icon for me. I'd have to say she and Betty Cooke are my all time faves. So here's to you Miss Tone!

Sterling silver, patina.

Ring a Day 26/365, 01.26.10

Scrap Ring

I was a little desperate today. I had started working on this a while ago and it was just sitting on the bench. Just a bunch of scrap. The shank was an old ring reject, the egg shape is from a hydraulic press project that was never really finished and the balls are all links of chain from when i cut it. i had been saving them to use for something. Unfortunately some of the balls fell off and there was not time to fix it. Had to get it up!

Photo is complete with scotchbrite fuzz. I should reshoot it, but I am lazy ;)

Sterling silver, patina.

Ring a Day 25/365, 01.25.10

Was feeling creatively challenged. Just a 5 minute ring made of leftover parts from the cage ring I made a while back.

Sterling silver.

Ring a Day 24/365, 01.24.10

Rocket Ring

Lazy sunday with a hangover. Had dinner at some friends house and their son Kai really wanted the "dart" from the chicken. Somehow, I got to go home with it.

Plastic chicken popper, rubber gasket, Crazy Glue.

Ring a Day 23/365, 01.23.10

Floating Ellipse Ring

I'm really happy with this one! It is basically just a continuation of my exploration of elliptical forms. And very hard to photograph.

I was working on it the day before and didn't want to rush it so I let it be. Its very top heavy and I may need to change the way the shank connects, but I liked how it looked this way. So maybe its just a finger sculpture ;)

Sterling silver, 14k gold.

Ring a Day 22/365, 01.22.10

Simple Circle Ring

I was working on a ring that I didn't have time to finish, so I just whipped this one up quickly. The gold circle was for something else that didn't work. It was a bit wonky so I gave it a hammered finish for contrast and to hide the wonk. Still needs a polish but its kinda cute.

Sterling silver, 14k gold

Ring a Day 21/365, 01.21.10

Glass Bead Ring

Had a bad day. Ran out of metal, ran out of gas. A bit of a desperate measure.

Glass beads, sterling silver wire

Project Runway Challenge #1

Every season the EtsyMetal team hosts a parallel challenge to Project Runway.The challenge was to do something that represented our own style while incorporating the number or concept of five somehow. Read the details on the EtsyMetal blog.

These cage structures are an element I am introducing in my work so i wanted to explore them more here. Each cage has five "arms", for in silver, one in 18k gold. I had originally intended to do the entire necklace of them but I ran out of the 16 gauge wire and I also ran out of gas. Literally. And I just happened to have made five of them! So I ended up creating this asymmetrical look and I am really happy with how it turned out.

Oxidized sterling silver, 18k gold. Fabricated.

Ring a Day 20/365, 01.20.10

Finger File Rings

OK I'm just cracking myself up over here today. No studio time, working on the computer all day for the day job. So I just poked through some desk drawers. For some reason I just think this is hilarious!


Plastic, adhesive, paper, ink.

Ring a Day 19/365, 01.19.10

Pantone 365 Ring

The graphic designer in me could not resist. I had to do a Pantone 365 ring in honor of the length of this project.



Sterling silver, pantone chip, resin.

More at: Ring a Day Flickr Group.

My Ring a Day Epiphany

So after, what, 18 days of making a ring a day it hit me.. it is working! I started this because I wanted discipline and inspiration. I wanted the process of creation to become part of my daily life. I wanted it to be easier and more natural. Well, it hit me yesterday that I am no longer struggling with my daily ring ideas. Suddenly, I have a surplus of them. I seem to know what I am going to do each day. I don't necessarily know what the ring is going to look like, but I have an idea of what material I am going to experiment with or what concept I want to explore.

From all the wonderful feedback I have gotten from participants and observers I have a feeling the same thing is happening to everyone. Thanks so much to all of you who are participating. It has made it SO much easier for me to do this, and so much more FUN!

Here is a collection of my rings over the last 18 days.

1. 9/365, 01.09.10, 2. 7/365, 01.07.10, 3. 8/365, 01.08.10,

4. 6/365, 01.06.10, 5. 5/365, 01.05.10, 6. 4/365, 01.04.10,

7. 3/365, 01.03.10, 8. 2/365, 01.02.10, 9. 1/365, 01.01.10

1. 18/365, 01.18.10, 2. 17/365, 01.17.10, 3. 16/365, 01.16.10,

4. 15, 01.15.10, 5. 14/365, 01.14.10, 6. 13/365, 01.13.10,

7. 12/365, 01.12.10, 8. 11/365, 01.11.10, 9. 10/365, 01.10.10

For more Ring a Day, please check out the Flickr group page.

Ring a Day 18/365, 01.18.10

I Have a Dream Ring

It is Martin Luther King Jr. day and I wanted to do something in honor of the great man.

Composed of the entirety of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech from August 28, 1963. The lines of the speech were cut individually and taped together, spun into a coil, and glued. Then attached to aluminum wire.

Paper, Wood Glue, Aluminum Wire.

Ring a Day 17/365, 01.17.10

I'm very sad to say that my studio mate Martha is going to be leaving us soon. For better things, but we will miss her. She was cleaning out her space the other day and I got some nice veneer from her. I cut a really thing long strip, soaked it in water for a while and attempted to form it into a nice ring. Not exactly the vision I had for it, but it's a ring!

Wood vener, steel staple.

Ring a Day 16/365, 01.16.10

Ghost Ring
Up in the country today and just cooked a great meal, but didn't do a lot of ring making. Sorry about the crappy lighting, but it's all I got tonight!

My first "conceptual" ring. This one is for you Danielle ;)


Wood charcoal from wood burning stove on skin.

Check out rings from other Ring a Day participants on the Flickr pool.

Also check out the new facebook page.

Two weeks, 50 more to go and a terrible cisis

I can't believe how the Ring a Day project has taken off! So many people have thanked me for getting them involved in this and so many other people have commented on how much they are enjoying seeing all the submissions. The rings range from the highly conceptual to perfectly executed fine jewelry. All of those seem incredibly inspired and I just hope we can keep it going for the rest of the year.

In the midst of all this creative energy and fun, our world has experienced one of it's greatest tragedies due to the earthqauke in Haiti. I am very proud to say that many of our members are going to be donating rings that will be available for auction to raise money to help Haiti out in this incredible time of need. We have Thomasin Durgin and this ring she made as an homage to the people of Haiti. She has gathered about 20 rings thus far and will be auctioning them off in the near future. Stay tuned to her blog (and this one) for the auction information and the name of the charity the money will be donated to. It will definitely be donated to a charity that gives the money directly to Haiti.

Thomasin Durgin, 1/13/10 "Ring for Haiti"

There are so many incredible rings it is hard for me to choose, but here are a few of my favorites from the last week.

1. Maggie Joynt, 2. Laurie Brown, 3. Kathryn Riechert , 4. Kathryn Cole , 5. Experimetal , 6. Malodora , 7. Vagabond Jewelry , 8. Paul Phillips

1. Kate Jones, 2. Poohnted , 3. Get Your Bone, 4. Jennifer Culp , 5. Aran Galligan , 6. Inbar Bareket , 7. Beth Cyr, 8. Mike Stromberg

Ring a Day 15/365, 01.15.10

I used today's ring as an opportunity to do a study for something that has been been in the back of my mind since the summer. You will probably be seeing a few variations on this one...

Sterling silver.

Ring a Day 14/365, 01.14.10

Swirly Ring

This ring could probably use a better name, but for now I just needed to get it up. I had this garnet sitting around for a while now. I had made the bezel but could't decide what to do with it. So finally, a ring! Sorry, didnt have time to polish it so it is just brass brushed. I will probably polish it up later today.

Sterling silver, garnet

Ring a Day 13/365, 01.13.10

Fringe Ring

Today I am working from home, no studio. I had these black steel eye pins sitting around, so I just decided to see what the could do. Voila! A hula skirt for my finger.




Steel eye pins