Hmmmm, Ring A Week-Really?! Rings That Come Apart

Hmmm, a ring a week, maybe we have been jaded by Ring A Day, maybe we are secretly thinking 'I want to make a ring, but really I want to be making something else! The following are some very clever ways of thinking outside of the ring:

Thomasin Durgin (BKA Metalriot) a faithful RADer, who created the Ring A Week group is "counting on RAW to keep me sane and striving for well-conceived and carefully executed work." Her latest work is a ring (RAW#3) but also stands on it's own as a small sculpture, but even better the center piece comes out and also functions as a scatter pin.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/metalriot/





Sylvie Jousset has made an interactive ring (RAW #4) out of silver and rubber with little nails or pins for the wearer or a friend to place in a design on the ring. It could double as a wire jig too!! The first thing that it reminded me of when I saw it was one of those pin squares where you press your hand or face and it makes an impression of it in pins.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjousset/with/5396046436/



And then talk about clever!! For her RAW Ring #4 Michelle Sallemi made this 'Minimalist Puzzle Box' ring. And the puzzle pieces don't just look cool in the box, they actually fit together!!  http://www.flickr.com/photos/foundbarretteproject/with/5390581113




Just when you thought you knew what a ring was!!!