kitsch experiment

I've been wanting to make some kitsch jewellery with a sense of humour and have been playing around with throwing different materials together.

This ring is made in aluminium and silver with a large synthetic ruby.


It was also a bit of an experiment in setting and turned out to be impossible to set neatly.
The "first go" had to ba abandoned: originally each claw was independent, but with the aluminium giving rather that the thick prongs bending it ws never going to sit still.

So I cut the number of indenendant parts in half, and made the claws on each side out or one peice of silver instead. This helped somewhat, but it was still a real pain to get sitting still.

Still experimenting was fun, and it's always useful for kicking off more design ideas.