Sleeping City - Ring, Size 9 Memoriam I could no longer escape

I could no longer escape the symbol of the skull as a reminder of the precious brevity of life in my work

"Let us prepare our minds as if we'd come to the very end of life

and heaviness of spirit amid the strife of 2020

Ring with enameled skully and engraved botanical band

spiraling into confusion

Sleeping City - Ring, Size 9 Memoriam I could no longer escapeRing size 9 Sterling silver, vitreous enamel, 23. 5k gold Hand painted, torch fired, hand fabricated. Three 23. 5k gold asteroids hurtle toward a sleeping city. I created this enameled scene by "painting" with powdered glass on copper with tiny brushes and needles, then I fired the design with a torch to permanently fuse it to the metal. This piece is part of my Tiny Catastrophes series, a collection of limited edition, one of a kind memento mori