Showing posts with label ancient kauri ring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ancient kauri ring. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

What wood ring will you create?

With all of the options we have for our rings, it's hard to try and decide which ring will be the best for you. Firstly, you need to decide which wood is the right wood.

We have lots of different kinds of wood, and at times out inventory my vary. Local options are always pretty abundant though!


Lovely walnut! We love walnut, whether it's light or walnut dark walnut. Walnut always seems to have a really rich color, and a good grain.


Or there's Cherry, this warm and light colored wood goes great with an inlay.


If you like something a bit more dark and red, try Juniper heart wood!


Or maybe you would choose oak. With such history and symbolism, who couldn't love the meaning and beauty behind oak.

The local woods we have here are great. Some people, however, seem to resonate more with a foreign or exotic wood. When we do get our wood, especially our exotic wood, we do our best to make sure the wood is recycled, or from a reputable source. And here are some of our favorites!



This bright beautiful red wood is really one of a kind! The color alone speaks for it's self.




Light bogwood, dark bogwood, maybe a little of both? This ancient oak from Ireland is a wonderful wood that will make a beautiful and meaning full ring full of history!


How about something with more of a natural contrast? Zebra wood should do the trick! Every ring is different, and every ring is beautiful.


Oak may have a lot of history, but not as much as this Ancient Kauri wood. This wood is 50,000 years old! The grain is like no other, the wood even has a bit of a shimmer to it.


 Rosewood, is probably our most popular wood by far. All of our rosewood comes from old and recycled xylophone keys. If you're a music lover, and like a darker richer wood, you should consider getting a rosewood ring.


Finally, there are the random, donated scrap wood pieces. Some we can identify, some we can't. So if you are looking for something really unique, that you didn't see here, why don't you give us a call! 312-590-6070





Wednesday, March 19, 2014

These are a few of my favorite RINGS!



Wedding season is right around the corner, and a lot of people out there are getting to work designing their wedding bands. But with all of those options out there, what is the right set for you? Do you stick to something traditional? Simply? Do both rings have to match? To help you think of a few idea's we thought we would share with you some of our favorite wedding bands.
First there are the matching sets.  A classic and beautiful idea, if the two of you can decide on something you both will want to wear!

Some people like to take the more free and fun route. They prefer to create rings that says something about them selves, but with a unifying idea or material between the two rings.




But no matter what you decide to do, we know you will create some rings you love!



Friday, June 15, 2012

Dinosaur Ring




Here's a recent ring commission for you, a fossilized piece of a T-Rex skull inlaid into Ancient Kauri wood. The wood is from a pre-historic Kauri forest that grew 50,000 years ago  and was preserved in the last Ice Age under the surface of the North Island of New Zealand. The T-rex had a massive skull that was balanced by it's large tail.

Rex translates in latin to King, making this a ring for a king.