Please read carefully before making your selection of ring.
I have measured the rings using the A-Z sizes. (If you are used to a number system you can check the conversion from letter ring size to number using google.) Each ring is tagged, and has a number and a letter. The number is my stock number for this item and the letter is the ring size. Please choose carefully, as these are a discounted item I do not offer returns. If you especially love the look of one of the rings, but it isn’t in your size, consider wearing it as a pendant.
Rings are resizable by a couple of sizes, but please contact me via the website to discuss this, as it isn’t possible to resize some of these rings due to their design.
When choosing a ring, select the number that corresponds with the tag attached to the ring in the photograph.
I’ve divided the rings into 5 groups, and priced them in relation to their weight and detail.
I made these rings for an exhibition shown at Masterworks (Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa) in 2015. They were shown propped up on little temporary stands made of plasticene, which felt right given the organic and temporary nature of the process used to make the rings. (The image shown here with stands.)
I called the process of making them 'lost vegetable castings' because they are essentially the same as a lost wax cast, except I was burning plants and seed heads out of my moulds. Each ring is one of a kind, because with this process you can get one cast from each model. (Hence the term ‘Lost wax’) They were quick to make, and the process felt magical and quite dramatic. I cast them myself using a basic centrifugal sling I had someone make based on one I’d seen years earlier.
I’d started casting them in 2014, and the rings became a year-long exploration of what what I could collect on my daily walks. Memorably, I discovered a big patch of blackberries after a tip off from the courier driver, and some of the small not yet ripe berries made it into the project. (not the ripe ones, they did not last the trip back to the workshop, and I told myself the extra sugar might not be good for the casting kiln.) Some things worked better than others, succulents were especially successful, burning out very cleanly and producing a crisp detailed casting. Some of the larger woody things were less successful, I think because they didn’t burn out completely.
I am notoriously bad for documentation, so I have one quite grainy screen shot of how they were shown at the time, and no images of the process.
They have been sitting in the back of the safe for ages, because I was quite attached to them. They marked a quite specific period in my life, and the regular monthly process of casting them felt like a nice ritual. But It has been over a decade, and I can’t wear all of them, so they need to leave home. I was going to just send them back to the metal factory for refining, thinking of them as an elaborate sort of investment ingot*, but thought I would offer them online for a limited time.
*Silver has increased enormously in price since I made these. I’m grateful that I worked on this project at a time when experimenting on this scale was not wildly expensive. When you buy one of these rings you are buying a little piece of my history as a maker. I made them for a year, and then went on to other things and retired the kiln.
Dimensions
Variable
Materials
Sterling silver
Care instructions
Avoid contact with chemicals (such as perfumes)
Wipe gently with a damp cloth if cleaning is required
Please read carefully before making your selection of ring.
I have measured the rings using the A-Z sizes. (If you are used to a number system you can check the conversion from letter ring size to number using google.) Each ring is tagged, and has a number and a letter. The number is my stock number for this item and the letter is the ring size. Please choose carefully, as these are a discounted item I do not offer returns. If you especially love the look of one of the rings, but it isn’t in your size, consider wearing it as a pendant.
Rings are resizable by a couple of sizes, but please contact me via the website to discuss this, as it isn’t possible to resize some of these rings due to their design.
When choosing a ring, select the number that corresponds with the tag attached to the ring in the photograph.
I’ve divided the rings into 5 groups, and priced them in relation to their weight and detail.
I made these rings for an exhibition shown at Masterworks (Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa) in 2015. They were shown propped up on little temporary stands made of plasticene, which felt right given the organic and temporary nature of the process used to make the rings. (The image shown here with stands.)
I called the process of making them 'lost vegetable castings' because they are essentially the same as a lost wax cast, except I was burning plants and seed heads out of my moulds. Each ring is one of a kind, because with this process you can get one cast from each model. (Hence the term ‘Lost wax’) They were quick to make, and the process felt magical and quite dramatic. I cast them myself using a basic centrifugal sling I had someone make based on one I’d seen years earlier.
I’d started casting them in 2014, and the rings became a year-long exploration of what what I could collect on my daily walks. Memorably, I discovered a big patch of blackberries after a tip off from the courier driver, and some of the small not yet ripe berries made it into the project. (not the ripe ones, they did not last the trip back to the workshop, and I told myself the extra sugar might not be good for the casting kiln.) Some things worked better than others, succulents were especially successful, burning out very cleanly and producing a crisp detailed casting. Some of the larger woody things were less successful, I think because they didn’t burn out completely.
I am notoriously bad for documentation, so I have one quite grainy screen shot of how they were shown at the time, and no images of the process.
They have been sitting in the back of the safe for ages, because I was quite attached to them. They marked a quite specific period in my life, and the regular monthly process of casting them felt like a nice ritual. But It has been over a decade, and I can’t wear all of them, so they need to leave home. I was going to just send them back to the metal factory for refining, thinking of them as an elaborate sort of investment ingot*, but thought I would offer them online for a limited time.
*Silver has increased enormously in price since I made these. I’m grateful that I worked on this project at a time when experimenting on this scale was not wildly expensive. When you buy one of these rings you are buying a little piece of my history as a maker. I made them for a year, and then went on to other things and retired the kiln.
Dimensions
Variable
Materials
Sterling silver
Care instructions
Avoid contact with chemicals (such as perfumes)
Wipe gently with a damp cloth if cleaning is required
