Blue Spinel Ring

Blue Spinel is such a vibrant color. I made the ring shank using seaweed which has this amazing wavy texture. It is off the beach in front of my house. I pressed the mold I made from the seaweed into a thick strip of fresh silver clay and cut the sides to be parallel. The strip was wound on a ring mandrel. I had already prepared the blue spinel stone with a collar of silver clay, dried it and refined it. This was adhered to the ring using syringe silver clay. After drying and refining it was fired in the kiln for 2 hours at 1650 degrees F. A beautiful silver ring emerged. 

I burnished 24K Gold foil onto the pure silver girdle or collar of the stone as well as the part of the ring shank at either side of the stone. This is an ancient Korean technique called Keum Boo. The gold surrounding the brilliant blue of the stone is stunning.

This ring could be worn by anyone.

Size : 9.5