Rings, Rings and Repurposing

What's with rings?  I never make rings and have done 3 now.  hunh...
With little time for the studio the last two days, I looked for quick, easy ideas from scraps....

 Yesterday: The salamander/lizard is a failed casting.  Appears its front and back cooled first then snapped at its narrow point before it could set.  The ring portion was once a hoop earring. All sterling.

 Today: This 14k gold-filled ring was smashed and twisted when its stone was removed. I straightened and cleaned it and added three fresh water pearls...  (gold-filled is like gold-plated has a thicker layer of gold).

I didn't want to solder anything for fear the gold would be absorbed into the base metal so I set the pearls in this nifty new product I found called Sugru http://sugru.com/  It's a clay that air-cures.  The color was drab so I added a bit of 23k gold leaf to perk it up.


Two of our kids headed back to Portland tonight so we are back to normal around here. It's been WONDERFUL having everyone home and will also be good to spend tomorrow in the studio.

Frills and Googly Eyes

My Lizard painting is done!!

I adore his googly eyes, large frills and awkwardness.

So ugly that he's cute!

I've achieved all I wanted of him and I'm satisfied with my work.

Today is a good day to be an artist.

I'm naming it Frills and Googly Eyes, unless a better one comes along.

Stay Artsy,

~Sarah Bosserman