Cocooning Luna Moth Ring

This post is coming a little late (the ring did as well :), but I wanted to show off my latest gift for ldweezy.  This is a mutation of the original Luna Moth Pendant for a while back.  Here the creature is within the cocoon, transforming from larva to ethereal moth.  The transforming creature bends around the finger to encapsulated it on the verge of new life.

The ring is cast in sterling silver and then plated in Rhodium to add a durable bright finish.  There are two Mexican Fire Opals, one prominently displayed, the other deeply nested as an internal lens for intense light.  This is the first time I have mixed metals with gems.  here I went simple and used some high strength jewelry epoxy (Aleene's Jewelry & Metal) to a fix the gems withing their specifically designed nests in the form.

Pratt Final Review Design 1 Fa2014

The following is a collection of the work produced during my First year Architectural Design Studio at Pratt for Fall 2014.  The images follow a group of 13 students through their initial journey into architecture.  They progressed through a series of Design Exercises that pit them in design conversations with Point & Line, Plane & Surface, Solid & Void, and finally a Hybrid synthesis of techniques into a spatial, architectural concept, a Folly.

An Architectural Proposition of…

For the final project of the semester you will design an architectural space, a Folly, exploring the intersection between two of your studied formal/spatial techniques (design approaches) and a proto-concept (scenario/proposition).  This will be a parallel process, moving from inside out and outside in as you mediate the space of collision between architecture as interior and exterior, architecture as a proposition of...  

Please browse the collection and follow the design process of the studio at teh following links:

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Cocooning Ring Prototypes

Opal location and fit test

Resin and Nylon prototypes

Form and detail comparison

Update:

A little behind on this project, but getting around to making some changes based on the initial prototypes.  The geometry looks good, I plan to focus on making the overall form slimmer and more elegant.  The fit is also a little tight so I will open it up some, but the final silver ring will be somewhat flexible doe to the malleability of the metal.

You can see mock-ups here of the integration with a Mexican fire opal.  I will work with the digital geometry to mold some of the apertures to fit the round cut gems so that they can be fixed into the final design as a vibrant accent.