Untamed Bloom — Apatite & Bronze Ring
A small sculpture for your hand.
A luminous blue apatite emerges from an exuberant, organic bloom of bronze. Hand-carved with an intuitive approach, the irregular petals radiate around the stone—textural, imperfect and wonderfully alive.
Dark patina remains in the crevices, emphasizing every mark and contour while giving the bronze the feeling of something weathered by time. Against it, the extraordinary blue of the apatite seems almost to glow.
I began this one-of-a-kind ring by carving the original form in foam before having it cast in solid bronze. I then refined the casting, added and soldered the prongs, applied the patina, waxed and buffed the bronze, and set the stone by hand.
The result is not simply a gemstone ring, but a piece of wearable sculpture—bold, botanical and unmistakably one of a kind.
Solid bronze · Natural apatite · One of a kind · Size 6.5
Untamed Bloom — Apatite & Bronze Ring
A small sculpture for your hand.
A luminous blue apatite emerges from an exuberant, organic bloom of bronze. Hand-carved with an intuitive approach, the irregular petals radiate around the stone—textural, imperfect and wonderfully alive.
Dark patina remains in the crevices, emphasizing every mark and contour while giving the bronze the feeling of something weathered by time. Against it, the extraordinary blue of the apatite seems almost to glow.
I began this one-of-a-kind ring by carving the original form in foam before having it cast in solid bronze. I then refined the casting, added and soldered the prongs, applied the patina, waxed and buffed the bronze, and set the stone by hand.
The result is not simply a gemstone ring, but a piece of wearable sculpture—bold, botanical and unmistakably one of a kind.
Solid bronze · Natural apatite · One of a kind · Size 6.5