Into the Unknown Of Light & Shadow • Size 6

• Size 6

This ring is part of my limited edition Tiny Catastrophes series of modern memento mori jewelry that explores the fragility of life and our desire to control the uncontrollable

falling bird

as an unseen threat rises from its den

Into the Unknown Of Light & Shadow • Size 6I fell into flow as I worked on this piece just making, without thinking, without a plan. I created the enameled image in layers, adding more darkness as I went along until the trees looked as though cast in the beam of a flashlight. I etched the bezel with a line from one of my poems: "It's late and I've lost my way, but I will not follow the sun."