S/O STUDIO
1. Bijoux Ring
Sterling Silver .925 Lab Ruby or Lab Saphire
I set out to make a simple band, something I could produce over and over. But that isn’t how it happened. I’m beginning to learn that isn’t how it ever happens. The work pulls in its own direction.
And so, this ring.
The stones flash in a way that satisfies some primordial magpie in me. I had planned for two, but my partner—who tends to see these things more clearly than I do reccomended three. She was correct. When I completed the 3 I floated the idea of making an eternity ring version and she again nudged me to go further and was as usual correct. I decided to offer both versions to allow for multiple price points.
In the first iterations, I used natural gems, but the more I thought about it, the more it gnawed at me. Stones this small can’t be easilty traced. They slip through hands, through borders, through markets in mixed parcels. Lab stones were probably a more practical, economical, and ethical choice.
To my chagrin the ring resists perfection. The original silver band was meant to feel organic, the undulating sections aren’t as precise as they would have been had I started with the eternity version in mind. The flush-set stones aren’t meticulously centered the way they would be in a Tiffany or Cartier piece. But that’s the appeal, isn’t it? The slight irregularity, the imperfections that give it the air of fantasy, something with history. A mad king’s treasure... an alien promise ring?
only available sizes 5 - 7 due to material constraints