Something a little different today. Today we are going house hunting :-O so I have have that on my mind to a nearly 100% capacity.
I have had it on my mind for the passed few days, so much that it is practicaly entering my dreams as well. So, for a bit of inspiration, I did a google on arcitectural jewelry, which is very from my usual fair, but then again - so is house hunting.
Phillippe Tournaire's architectural ring
As luck would have it, and I am feeling extremely lucky lately (touch wood) I ran into a great article on a French Jewelry designer called Called Phillippe Tournaire who is reproducing architectural gems in jewelry using 18 karat gold, platinum diamonds and other deliciously expensive materials. You can read the whole article here.
I have made a couple of architerctural peices, way back when, but don’t have the pics on the computer…
By the way, this Idea was not origionally his or mine for that matter (not that it makes a difference)
Jewish wedding ring, first half of the fourteenth century, gold. Inscription: Mazel tov - 'good wishes'. Courtesy of The Wallace Collection © Erfurt treasure, TLDA