Wooden Rings
These rings were made in June 2010 for a client who plans to propose to his girlfriend using one of them. The wood used comes from driftwood that they found on the banks of the Moray Firth in Scotland. He brought along all the driftwood found and, from it, I chose to use some gorse. It is quite a tricky wood to work as it is very knotty. It is also, however, very beautiful- silvery brown with occasional dashes of bright red.
One ring is a simple carved organic-looking design but the other is narrower and has solid silver inlaid dots. Both are very robust and will not crack with normal use. They are finished with almond oil and pure beeswax.
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There were many stages involved in constructing the rings. Some of them are shown here. First, a piece of the gorse driftwood (shown on the right hand side in the picture to the left of this text) was cut into thin slices which were glued together to strengthen them.
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The blocks (shown above) were then cleaned up, drilled and cut into ring-like shapes which were then shaped further to the right size before being carved and having the silver inlaid. | ||
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24/8/10 ... She said yes! Congratulations to both of you and all the best for the future.