The Breaking Traditions ring! One of our most popular designs. It is designed to represent the four elements. But this ring is so versatile, it's easy to make it your own.

You can change the inlay, to whatever stones or materials you want.  You can even add some wood if you like! You can give us your own materials to use as well.

Or maybe you would like to get really creative! And use all sorts of different materials.

What will you put in your Breaking Traditions ring?

Puzzle Rings!

Today I would like to talk about puzzle rings. There are many thing about these rings that are wonderful, but I think overall it's a great we to bring three rings to a central theme.

The idea is that the engagement ring and one wedding band fit together like a puzzle. Then there is a curved line that follows the puzzle shape of the ring. This line is added to the larger wedding band, to tie all three rings together!

We've only made a few set's so far, we hope to make more. What do you think about them?

America's Greatest Pastime turned into a Wood Ring

There is a lot of different kind of woods out there. And we have such a huge selection to choose from in our shop. But some of the greatest rings that we've made have come from wood given to us by our customers. Even better, when the wood has a cool story to go with it.

Recently we had someone ask us if we could make a ring using a Louisville Slugger bat! Of course, our answer was an enthusiastic "YES"

But we didn't stop there, we also made cuff links and a really cool ring box to keep it all in. I think the cuff links are really a unique touch! Who would have thought, cuff links made from an old baseball bat!

Our favorite part, however, was using that big Louisville Slugger logo for the box. It just seemed to work out so perfectly that the bat made such a cool box to hold the ring and the cuff links.

We are proud to show this set off, check out the rest of the photo's!

Norm Sartorius and Recycled Wood

Last week we had a really fun customer come by our studio in Chicago. We were walking around the shop, and looking at all the different woods we have, and we started looking at this box of just little scrap pieces of wood. Each piece we pulled out of the box was more exciting than the last. We eventually found the right piece of wood for him, you'll see his ring below. But we wanted to share these cool pieces of wood with you!

We are so thrilled anytime anyone donates wood to our shop. It means so much to us to have so many unique and beautiful types of wood. One of the many people who has given us scrap pieces of wood is the great artist, Norm Sartories! He creates, "non-functional wooden spoons" and instead of wasting the pieces he has left over, he like to send them to us and others like us.

Gustav met with Sartorius at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Craft show a few years back and they hit it off. He sends us a few pieces every so often, and we are honored to use the pieces that Sartorius has provided us with. We hope that you see a few pieces you might like to use in your recycled Norm Sartorius wood ring. We are happy to share them with all of you out there!

If you want to read more about Sartorius, we would love for you to visit his website with the following link: http://www.normsartorius.com/index.html

The Mighty Oak

Why we love our oak rings so much

It's that time of year! Fall is here and the leaves are just starting to change color. Another thing you might notice if you look to the ground are all the lovely little acorns that have dropped from their home way up in that big Oak tree. We were lucky enough to pick up a few of the acorns and catch some lovely photos with this set of Oak rings we just made. Check out the great color's of these acorns!

Many people all over the world find symbolism and meaning in the Oak tree. Oak plays an important role in Celtic culture. It symbolizes everything from strength, life, family and power. It's even the national tree for lots of countries. It's no wonder the Oak is so important to many people and places, they are found in humorous places all over the world. The White Oak tree can grow up to 80' tall and even 80' wide.  

With so much meaning and beauty it's easy to see why we are so proud of each oak ring we make. Not only to they hold so much symbolism, we love the golden color and the strong grain texture visible in each ring.  As you know by now, oak is very strong and it makes for a great ring that is sure to last!

Recycling wood from the Major Leagues

Pro Maple Wood Ring

We've been busy this summer creating rings that are unique to the people that wear them. People have sent us all sorts of materials - woods, sands, shells, and stones. We always encourage our customers to incorporate materials that are meaningful to them in their design. Well one customer sent us a broken major league baseball bat. The bat previously belonged to Michael Bourn of the Atlanta Braves. We were able to inlay the broken pieces of Pro Maple into a silver ring for our baseball-loving customer. Batters up!

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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.

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