Cobblestone RingSeptember 2013 14 karat yellow gold, 18 karat yellow gold, citrine The name of this bold and whimsical ring is appropriate, as it was literally cobbled together. Throughout the process of making various other jewelry projects, I wind up with lots of tiny pieces of scrap gold that either have to be sent to the refiner or creatively re appropriated. Here, I took scraps of 14k and 18k gold and balled them up with a torch. When super heating the gold

Originally a symbol of the Ottoman Empire

The right half is made of hand-carved slate

the letters of the verse glow just as they do in the base of the original sculpture

but it didn't come with a tamper for the grounds in the portafilter

The informed observer will note that the character itself is upside-down

Dentritic agate

was done in a matching two-tone white metal style

The sinahi and botanical elements are surrounded by five diamonds

22 karat yellow gold

A triangular cabochon of mother-of-pearl hovers on the edge of this graduated band and looks terrific pointing in either direction on your hand

introspective and quiet

I instead made a repoussage (where the design is hammered out from the back) of the flame motif in 18K yellow gold