Blog Carnival: Favorite Ring a Day

This Ring a Day project has been really inspiring and seems to have caught on like house on fire. I've been asked to post about my favorite rings for the EtsyMetal Blog Carnival. Both my own and other people's. There have been so many amazing rings, I don't know that I can pick a favorite, but I will try to pull out a few and explain why I think they are special.

The ring that stands out the most in my memory is Thomasin Durgin's Bad Girl Ring. Aside from it being an utterly whimsical stroke of genius, I love how inventive it is. It is a great example of how above and beyond people are going for this project. I love all the experimentation and exploration that went into making it. But my absolute favorite part is the video she made. This just had me laughing uncontrollably.



I love this ring by Sabinea Design for its ingenious use of material and pure simplicity. I don't really think I have to say much about it. Its lovely.



Maggie Joynt has done some incredible conceptual pieces. This one uses her own eyebrow hairs. Tim Hawkinson would be proud.



Colleen Baran has been doing a whole series exploring various cosmetic products. This one using a peel of face mask and facetted garnets really brought the entire challenge to a new level.



I don't know that I can pick a favorite of my own pieces yet, but I am really excited about where this project is going and all the different avenues I have begun to explore.

Check out all these other EtsyMetal member's blogs to see their favorites:

Alisa Miller http://alisamiller.blogspot.com
Colleen Baran http://seeseebe.blogspot.com/
Danielle Miller http://daniellemillerjewelry.blogspot.com/
stacey hansen http://wildflowerdesigns.blogspot.com
Chris Parry http://chris-parry.blogspot.com
kerin rose http://kerinrose.blogspot.com
Sara Westermark http://sarawestermark.blogspot.com/
Victoria Takahashi http://vtakahashi.blogspot.com/
Su Trindle http://quercussilver.blogspot.com/
Nina Dinoff http://ninadinoff.blogspot.com/
Maureen "Cosmo's Moon" BZ http://cosmosmoonjewelry.blogspot.com
Thomasin Durgin http://metalriot.blogspot.com/
Colleen Baran http://seeseebe.blogspot.com/
Beth Cyr http://bcyrjewelry.blogspot.com/
Caitlyn Davey/discomedusa http://discomedusa.typepad.com
Catherine Chandler http://catherinechandler.blogspot.com/

Ring a Day 32/365, 02.01.10

Taper Ring

This ring was inspired by the Homage to Tone Vigeland ring I did the other day. It isn't quite what I was going for, so you may see this idea reprised with a different execution if I can get it to work.

Sterling silver, patina.

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.

Go to Flickr for more Ring a Day.