![]() ![]() This also meant less time in the pickle pot, and less time cleaning, so less electricity was used to craft the piece. ![]() To reduce the amount of flux and fuel used to create the piece, I carefully tack welded everything in place, and then applied solder to strengthen it all at once, performing the entire soldering step in one go. This piece, rather than using additional energy to refine the metal once more, back into sheet and wire, I simple reused each piece, again. The metals in the chains, castings, and silver scrap were already purchased from responsible US vendors, such as Rio Grande and Stuller who use recycled metal. And lastly, hidden in the ring is a small 18k yellow gold heart, also a left over scrap piece from a long ago project (An extra heart cast for me Zelda rustic heart container ring). I re-purposed four 14k yellow gold triple-triangle castings, which are part of a design I sell regularly (One might recognize it as the triforce inlay from my triforce rings), but which yields this odd sized leftover from each one. I used the entire scrap snake and curb chain segments without trimming (Even the clasp is buried in the ring, I used an old blemished leaf shape casting and twig, in their entirety without filing or removing any metal. I wasted as little energy as possible altering each scrap. Metal: Sterling silver and 14k yellow goldĪRTIST STATEMENT: This ring is made 100% with scrap material from my own bench. Below is a copy of my artist's statement plus details about the ring: It was entered into the Responsible Practices division. ![]() This piece was created as an entry to the 2017 MJSA Awards. ![]()
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