Coral Antler Ring

So.

I've been in the studio today for the better part of the afternoon,

continuing to prepare for a shop update

that should take place this coming Thursday morning.

I started this piece when I came home this week, a little self-protection ring

made from coral I picked off of the beach in Hawaii

and a copper flower:

a coral antler.

Hammer-raised flower

hammered band

copper ruby on the inside

bright shining orange on the outside

Size 7.5

Weirder, wilder and more wonderful than anything that's ever come out of my studio:

I can hardly take it off my own hand

to take its picture.

The neat thing about this piece is that the copper on the inside will age with its own patina, completely different than the patina on the outside:

it's kind of like a little terrarium down there!

xoxo,

Allison