The Carrotbox Jewellery Blog
Friday, August 7, 2020
Melanie Sherman is a "German ceramic artist living in Kansas City [Missouri], focusing on lavish surface decoration." These pretty designs are achieved by laying decals on porcelain.
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Ring-Free Thursday: the UK's Laugahey (Kate Lau).
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
I love the way Russia's Legenti Jewelry (Alexander Varyag) makes use of colour-anodizing in his titanium rings.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Some fabulously chunky Lucite "anvil" rings by New York's Jorge Caicedo Montes de Oca, who normally repurposes old Bakelite to create contemporary jewellery over at The Art of Bakelite.
Monday, August 3, 2020
I don't think I even need to say that these rings come from Greece. What I will say is that they come from, more specifically, Kourtzis Art Pottery, a family business that's been around for 200 years and five generations!
Friday, July 31, 2020
I haven't said this in a while: I am Spinning-Homer excited. I mean, these hedgehog rings are one thing...
...but check out this hedgehog riding a unicorn!
And these bunnies inside a larger bunny!
And so much more, all from the mind of Japan's Rinverre.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Ring-Free Thursday: South Korea's Ryungjae Jung.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Rings from the "Movimentos" collection by Portugal's Lia Gonçalves.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Timely and topical rings from Mexico's Leit Motiv (Jhovanna Nieto).
Monday, July 27, 2020
Splattered porcelain rings by Tekne (Bosnian painter Jana Kuvalja).
Friday, July 24, 2020
Colombia's PI PROJECT by Pilar Restrepo does very pretty things with Miyuki beads, silver and thread.
The rings only scratch the surface so go see the rest of her collection.
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Ring-Free Thursday: Vancouver's Clarissa Long.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Celestial resin from Japan's Ayano Namihira. Go check out her gorgeous "sunset" earrings!
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Serbia's Numen Porcelain (Maja Vucic) uses a distinctive patterning style that really puts a stamp on all her work.
Monday, July 20, 2020
Chunky glass rings from Japan's ennui rosebud.
Friday, July 17, 2020
Georgia-based Yuanzheng Yang, originally from China, started this collection of complex forms and movable parts by "questioning the insecurity of the future."
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Ring-Free Thursday: Criselda López of Texas.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Bar ring by Illinois/DC-based ELUKE (Etiti Ayeni), featuring her signature tight coil.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Twofer Tuesday: gem-shaped rings by Germany's KissDesign (Sally Kiss)...
... and Israel's Bardiz (Guy Barda, with the rare faux Herkimer).
Monday, July 13, 2020
Christian Baron is a French tattoo artist who also dabbles in ring-making — and I love his designs in both crafts (especially the colouring style)!
Friday, July 10, 2020
From tactile rings...
...to reinterpreted cigar bands...
...to this, Massachussetts' Kaining Wang makes jewellery that invites interaction.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Ring-Free Thursday: South Korea's Clever Move.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Some metalwork and upcycled beach plastic from Ireland's ESC Design.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
I love these. Japan's Yum (Yumiko Ikezoe) creates something gorgeously refreshing by framing thin slices of stone in just the right pairings.
Monday, July 6, 2020
Lovely apple ring in boro glass, with implosions, by Japan's Ripples.
Friday, July 3, 2020
The jewellery of Revie Objects (Japan's Yumiko Yoneda) is a study in harmony and contrasts.
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Ring-Free Thursday: South Africa's Isimodeni.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians! Among those would be Montreal's Bijoux Pépine (Perrine Marez), whose jewellery is "made with sand, spices and/or natural pigments crystallized in resin."