In my model-making course last year I didn't put much focus on rings aside from the mandatory projects that were aimed at teaching us the basic measuring and filing skills. I mostly worked on pendants and my koi cuff bracelet because they don't require the level of symmetry that rings do. This year I need to try a few rings to improve my skills though, so here is my first project - a butterfly ring.
My vision for this ring was to have a huge butterfly wrap around my middle finger and then carve lots of details into the wing. Well it didn't quite turn out as planned. The ring didn't start out as long of a tube as it should have so the butterfly had to be drawn much smaller than I had initially wanted. That left little room to carve details into the wing so I kept it relatively simple.
It didn't take much silver to cast this ring. In fact I was able to reuse most of the sterling that was recovered from my koi cuff bracelet. I'm debating whether or not to solder on some silver wire for antennas as the last bit of detail but I'm not in love with the ring so I haven't been inspired yet. To be honest I already have my next bracelet project in mind and am eager to move onto it!
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