COLLECT is the leading art fair for contemporary craft and design. It's an annual event which hosts artist-makers and galleries from around the world. Last year Goldsmiths' Fair showcased 100 brooches by 100 previous Fair exhibitors, this year it was rings! I made a ring which sits across two fingers and is made from oxidised silver, cherry wood and gold leaf. Here are some of the steps I took:
Scoring lines in silver sheet that will form the walls of the ring.
Soldering two 'L' shapes together to make a rectangle.
Using binding wire to hold the rectangle flush against silver sheet.
Filing square wire so it can be folded neatly and soldered.
Drilling decorative holes in the base of the box.
Soldering the ring shank to the ring top and adding wire which the wood will be fixed to.
Wires cut and sanded back so they can't be seen on this side.
I was so pleased with the soldering on this ring! Not a pin hole in sit.
Choosing wood to go in the ring. I went for the lighter one (cherry) in the end as it popped against the oxidised silver.
Hand shaped cherry wood.
The finished ring from the top.
The finished ring from the side.
