This is another in my series “I used to be a hot water cylinder”. The ring bowls are hammered into bowl shapes after cutting circles from old hot water cylinders.
This black and white piece is layered papers and pigments with encaustic wax, then a small red copper circle is riveted in the centre and attached to the sterling silver ring band.
The back is natural copper patina, that has been protected with micro crystalline wax.
My encaustic jewelry art rings have layers paper, silks, pigments, and found objects into layers of encaustic wax – hot beeswax with damar resin.
The ring bowl, is cut and hammered out of an old hot water cylinder and rivitted onto a stirling silver ring shank before layering in the encaustic and embellishments.
This glowing red, black and white Art ring has layers of silk, hand made papers, gold leaf and pigments layered into the wax.
Hammered off center is a silver nail.
The edges and the back of the ring has pigments and wax rubbed into the copper, with the natural patina of the copper shining through. The piece is protected with micro crystalline wax.
I would not recommend immersing these pieces in water, however if it gets wet, simply blot dry. Don’t leave my encaustic wax pieces in the sun, they probably won’t melt unless they are in a very hot place, such as a car, but they will soften.
My Art Rings are riveted onto sterling silver bands. The bowl toppers are part or my series “I used to be a hot water cylinder”.
Circles are cut out of old hot water cylinders, then hammered (and HAMMERED!!) into a bowl shape. Some are riveted on before decorating, some are riveted towards the end of the embellishment process.
“Om is where the heart is” has text layered under low fired enamel and pigments, then pure silver wire was wound and riveted to attach it to the band.
The underside of the bowl is pigmented black and waxed with the natural copper patina showing through.
The size is average for a woman, I wear these on my middle finger as they are quite heavy so need to be firm to keep the ring stable.
I’ll post the exact size shortly.
