Sunday 7 November 2010

crystal

i wrote that i like big rings. this is not totally true. i love big rings. this summer, i bought the biggest ring on earth. also, it surely must be the heaviest ring on earth.





it all started when i saw this ring on etsy quite a while ago. of course i couldn't decide to buy it right away and it was gone in a second. so i started searching and looking and was never quite happy with what i found. so. i decided to take steps and ask the perfect seller for a custom order.





the ring was made by laura, the most wonderful metalsmith, who runs her shop specimental on etsy. she loves crystal-specimens and odd jewellery and is such a pearl! the order proved to be a long and complex process of decision making: which size, which colour, which form, which finish to chose? laura is, honestly, the most patient seller i have ever met, and she went to great lengths to find the perfect crystal for me. she provided lots of pictures and ideas and also cut the stone herself. it was great working with her on a piece of jewellery which is truly unique and which i hope to wear throughout my life. thank you!

7 comments:

Andreas said...

It is a cool ring...
...Even though we had to reinforce the floor to carry the weight... ;)

Lillgull said...

That is so hard (in the sence tough)! Its lika a womens "knogjärn". I think maybe the ice queen in the northpole should have a ring like that.

Tagwort//Tagbild said...

oh my god this one is really BIG! das muss der ring der eiskönigin sein...die ich nicht als eine allzu schlechte märchenfigur sehe;)

TuvaMinnaLinn Vintage (a love story) said...

Wow, det kan vara en av de snyggaste ringar jag någonsin lär se.
Jag vill också ha en sån!

Cara said...

toll! sieht ein bisschen aus wie kandiszucker (und das macht es noch besser!)

Dotti said...

Was'n Klunker, meine Liebe! ;) Ist der denn auch alltagstauglich?

Grace said...

Oh, that is awesome! I saw a ring like that earlier last month and thought it was so cool. I have a really heavy, giant ring I bought from Etsy. It's a HUGE red heart. It's heavy because it's made with *ceramic.* Crazy! I get tons of compliments on it though.