Lennart BreelCat eye rings from walnut & brass. I'm just posting some older stuff here cause I keep not photographing my new work and instead just making more new work. Oops!
Jason van GumsterJust finished this one off while at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds Fall Craft Fair. Pearwood and purpleheart carved with inlays in turquoise and howlite. I'll be here all weekend.
Sometimes you need to spend a full morning of bending. Looking forward to the combinations I'm going to put together... then carve them.
Chris SikkengaMindful creating experiment: bent wood rings v1, v2, v3.
v1: cherry with copper inlay test
v2: beech with brass inlay test
v3: walnut with aluminum inlay test
Most of the process is simple. The size of the rings make carving designs by hand incredibly difficult. That is, anything intricate, like text or objects. Brass is somewhat disappointing. I think the copper would pop better on a lighter wood.
#mindfulness #arttherapy #bentwoodring #handmadejewelry
v1: cherry with copper inlay test
v2: beech with brass inlay test
v3: walnut with aluminum inlay test
Most of the process is simple. The size of the rings make carving designs by hand incredibly difficult. That is, anything intricate, like text or objects. Brass is somewhat disappointing. I think the copper would pop better on a lighter wood.
#mindfulness #arttherapy #bentwoodring #handmadejewelry
Yup! Still making bent wood rings. This one is elm burl and lapis lazuli wrapped around a bent steer horn core.
#mastoart #bentwoodring #jewelry
#mastoart #bentwoodring #jewelry
Learned a lot from this little ring. Spiral bend of ash and purpleheart with a copper inlay for support. Also my first time doing an edge inlay with malachite. There are blemishes, but I've learned enough to make the next one awesome.
#bentwoodring #mastoart #makesomething
#bentwoodring #mastoart #makesomething
Another steer horn experiment! One of the things I really like about horn is how well it holds shape. So I can do a spiral bend like this and cover it with zebrawood. So I had some fun with this one... added a subtle infinity-shaped inlay of tourmaline.
New ring experiment! Been playing with bending and shaping steer horn for rings. This is my first finished one. Steer horn liner and Carpathian elm outer.
Already have ideas for improvements. :)
#handmade #bentwoodring #mastoart
New experiment! Now I have a Joker ring. Should I make more? Malachite and purpleheart.
Two experiments in one! This one's for me. Needed a metal core because I wanted to make a thumb ring that I could use as a bottle opener. Also never bent a wood liner for a copper ring before. Results with smoked eucalyptus turned out pretty nice.
#bentwoodring #copper #jewelry #mastoart #shiny #bottleopener #handmade #experiment
#bentwoodring #copper #jewelry #mastoart #shiny #bottleopener #handmade #experiment