Transformation Rings

A truly transformational set of stacking rings…

This has been such a meaningful project for me, in every way, I am honoured to have been able to design and create these rings for a client, who has become a friend. She came to me with two white gold wedding bands, wanting me to create a new ring from them, with the theme, and spirit of transformation. She told me the story of his proposal (which involved a strawberry spontaneously transformed to an engagement ring), his illness, and eventually his death with MAiD (medical assistance in dying). The concept of three rings came to me quite quickly. The design allowed the rings to stack in many different ways, so that she could wear them in a multitude of different orientations. The small markings on the the white gold ‘crown’ quote the mille grain on the original wedding bands, and also the strawberry seeds on her engagement ring/strawberry.

These rings took about a year to come to fruition. It seems that everything has its time, and this set of rings is no different. Around the time that I was going to start to carve these rings; Her mother decided to end her life, also using MAiD. We discussed this, and concluded that I would carve the rings on the day, and in fact, the very moments of her mothers’ death. The rose gold ‘crown’ also contains gold from a broach that her mother used to wear.

These are rings that hold a world of meaning.

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