Showing posts with label engagement style wood rings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label engagement style wood rings. Show all posts

Monday, May 19, 2014

The World in a Ring

O' what a happy Monday! A day to bring ourselves upright once more, to charge into the new week. (Or revive with a cup of coffee and some deep breathing, and then stride gently up to the day's to-do...)

Today, a newcomer to the studio asked, why is it called "Breaking Traditions"? Why, because it turns everything we've been raised to think about an engagement ring on its head!

It isn't about rebellion so much as reimagination: our Breaking Traditions rings use reclaimed, recycled, or ecologically-sourced wood and eons-old minerals, designed to respect our world while celebrating the wearer's own, fresh view. 


"Breaking Traditions"

This "Breaking Traditions" mahogany ring is inlaid with mother of pearl, lapis, malachite, and red coral. 

Mother of pearl is pretty and tough, the iridescent shield that protects the inner pearl. 

Lapis lazuli is the source of a painter's ultramarine, the platonic ideal of blue for artists (and us). 

Malachite is a terrestrial green, a green of protection and healing and growth. 

Red coral comes from the caverns of the ocean, a pulsing vermilion in the deep. 

And in the design, with care and craft, all of it comes together: an emblem for a promise, an honorific of a connection, a signification of who you are and who you mean to be. 

Let us help you celebrate your sweet difference! Wishing you a happy, healthy, productive week! 

Tuesday, July 02, 2013

OYSTERS : Making Lemonade out of Lemons














We've all been guilty of taking the nature around us for granted. I decided to do a quick search on how pearls are made! The biology of a pearl is the coolest and most amazing thing ever!

I found this information on "howstuffworks.com" 


"The formation of a natural pearl begins when a foreign substance slips into the oyster between the mantle and the shell, which irritate­s the mantle. It's kind of like the oyster getting a splinter. The oyster's natural reaction is to cover up that irritant to protect itself. The man­tle covers the irritant with layers of the same nacre substance that is used to create the shell. This eventually forms a pearl."

Whenever you feel like you've just been delivered a giant shipment of sour lemons, take a lesson from the oysters and make something wonderful! Like lemonade! Or pearls! Or art!

From: http://science.howstuffworks.com/zoology/marine-life/question630.htm


Check out the rings we've made that include pearls! 



Rosewood with Pearl
Oak with Pearl and Mother of Pearl Inlays