rockin' some RAD rings

A new round of RAD rock rings

More from the 2010 Ring-a-Day project finally listed,
 slowly but surely It's happening...
and dang it feels good!
:D

gesture rings

1. rad 9 "nine" (on), 2. rad 73 (on), 3. RAD 309, 4. RAD 312, 5. RAD 333 , 6. RAD 334 , 7. RAD 298, 8. rad 17 (on), 9. rad 74 (on)

 I am releasing more RAD rings today. It's funny as it feels like there is this never ending abundance of these rings in my house, they are hiding in my studio, on my walls as decoration, hiding in spots reserved for inspirational objects, they are looking at me as I look for them to gather for you, they are everywhere. I will be listing them here in my Etsy shop.  Releasing these little oddlet RAD rings are like a big deep breath of fresh air to go with the lovely sunshine around here! Hello Spring!

Ring-a-Day, The Aftermath.

Ring a Day Project 2010

Well after making only about 215 rings out of 365 for this online challenge I was enlightened and I was a also bit relieved. Overall I believe in my heart that this was a fantastic learning experience for me and basically I really just had alot of pure darn fun exploring the many facets of what can be constituted as a ring!

Q:

What does  a girl do with over 200 rings?

A:

She sells some.
She trades some.

She keeps quite a few.
She gifts some to friends.

She submits some for shows.

She promos some for giveaways!!!

She donates proceeds to animals foundations.

She leaves them in random public places, just for fun.

 These pieces on the left are the ones that have been listed in my Experimetal Etsy shop, I will be slowly uploading most of them in small batches at a time.

Some of my Ring-a-Day pieces will be featured in the Lark 30 minute ring book (launch April 2010) and Ring a Day project (I think the launch is fall 2011)
I will have a small handful of these that will be in the Ring a Day show held at the Punch Gallery in Seattle, being held in conjunction with the Society of North American Goldsmiths(SNAG) Conference 2011.

And also I have a few select pieces at the Facere Gallery in Seattle.

So yes it has been an exciting year being involved with this project and I feel I have gained so much from participating in this worldwide online challenge, thank you to all who were so supportive and participated through out the year! Bravo!

below are the direct links to the rings I listed today :)

R1030 Little labbie, R1031 Little labbie, R1032 Bunny,

R1033 Ladybug, R1034 Greenie, R1035 Moon eyes,

R1036 Hans, R1037 Phallus.

2010 RAD: Ring in the New Year!

*see more pictures of this ring here

Happy New Year!

Day 1 of 365 days begins now.

I am starting my creative new year with a project called "Ring a Day." The goal is to make one ring a day for 365 days, yes one entire year! This is pretty much the only rule, you have to make it on that day, no sooner nor any later. You can use ANY material you like, from a simple rubber band to a all day masterpiece. Your choice! And I suspect that on many days I will have to resort to a twist tie or another simple object if I have to, and I will do it with no shame! I am going to try my absolute hardest to complete this challenge.
My personal goal is to use this as a motivational tool to inspire my creativity and give me that push to get me into my studio every day and do what I love to do best.

I am going to try and make "similar related pieces" and list them on Etsy, but the originals from this project I will be keeping for awhile. I will be consolidating my progress through out each week and posting here about once a week, so please check back!

Also please check out the links below to see some really fabulous designs of all the participants in this worldwide project!

Etsy Metal Ring-a-Day Blog AND Flickr Ring-a-Day Group

July 17, 2010

 here is an overdue progress update,

I made it to ring #100
Monday July 19, 2010 will be day 200 on the RAD calendar.
I am tempted to begin again, oh so tempted. I wrote this post earlier determined to start again, but after a few phone calls and a few realistic thoughts I think I need to hold off. I am a all or nothing type of personality and it pains me to start in the middle, so as of today I am not jumping back in. I want to play and I miss you dearly my sweet RAD. But today I will trust my instinct and decline your offer.

You can see all previous 100 RAD rings here.