Jewellery

Above is a ring I made during a Jewellery making induction. I have never worked using metal before and found it quite difficult to use the tools to cut the metal however I like the mark making created using the press to create indents in the copper. I experimented with a range of materials from feathers to mesh. The concept of the ring follows the theme of Maya Angelou and her poem "I now why the caged bird sings" looking at the shapes of wings and the idea of being caged. Even though I enjoyed this induction as a Visual artist this is not the route I would like to go down and would proffer to stick to 2D work. I also had a disaster at the end of the day when I put the ring on and got it stuck because I had made it too small. I had to get it cut off by the lady that does the night classes in the jewellery making room. I will not be doing that again.