Here they are! The twenty-two fabulous rings made for the Ring a Week kinetic challenge. I hope I didn’t miss anyone. Many made videos of their rings in action, I’ve linked to those on flickr.
Michele Grady
Rattle Ring
sterling silver, glass, acrylic
Michele wrote, “Since the glass stones are not set in a setting they are free to move around inside the ring…hence the kinetic part. It also makes a great rattling sound when you shake it!” The video is here.
Mary Lu Wason
Ship’s Log Pirate Ring
copper, brass, silver, Kyanite, feather, cork, paper, leather
“All the captain needs, in a portable, battery free, finger top model. Features – swivel desk for any orientation (suggested use on non-dominant hand). Attached inkwell. Attached, replaceable quill. Leather bound log book with decorated endpapers. Genuine blue Kyanite stone. Engraved ‘Ship’s Log’ and ‘Respect the Sea’.”
The minute I found this little chair at a second hand shop I knew what I wanted to do with it. I even knew I wanted it to rock so when Tomi named the kinetic challenge I was so excited and a little nervous because I didn’t know how I was going to do it. I thought about it for weeks and then the day before yesterday after I’d cut out the base and soldered the 3x1mm wire around it, the rest of the mechanism came to me. I was still nervous though and tried to use hard solder for the base and it just wouldn’t work for me so I went to medium and for the shank, half jump rings and the 18 gauge wire I attached to the sides, I used easy, crossing my fingers that it wouldn’t fall apart. It was definitely a challenge!” Catherine’s video is here.
Laura M (Zoewyn)
Laura wrote, “The coil limits the movement, and also helps a bit getting all three beads to move since one sort of pushes the rest. But they also just flop around.”
citizen.objects
Prayer Wheel
“For the kinetic challenge this week, I have fabricated a mini Prayer Wheel. Except for the chain, this piece is made entirely out of antique cuckoo clock parts. ‘Handle’ is drill press lathed by hand and pressure fitted into the ring shank so it is removable. There is indeed a tiny prayer etched on copper inside the wheel. ***om mani padme hum****” The video is here.
Stacey Johnson (stayseas2001)
Stacey says, “The top cage spins around. Band is PMC and sterling insert, cage is sterling and brass with a lampworked bead and pearl inside. The top rotates on brass tubing which is fitted on a long sterling wire attached to the band.”
tinkertown pics
Dichroic Kinetic Mosaic
sterling silver, recycled gold, dichroic glass cabochon
Check out the video.
Aleksandra Micic (micicart)
Draw-a-Face
Aleksandra wrote, “Just before the challenge was announced I watched with kids Bruce Blitz episode where he has a wheel with parts of faces on different size wheels and then he spins them…. where they stop you have to draw those parts…. so, it automatically came to my mind to make such ring…. not a high quality piece, but it works :)) and is lots of fun to play with kids….. I used cardboard from biscuit box, wire, paper masking tape, plastic part from the top of a pen, and a metal part I found in a drawer that was suitable for this ring…..” The video for this ring is here.
Rae the Smithy
Spinning Planetary Nebulae
Rae wrote, “I was inspired a while back by the beautiful Hubble images I saw while visiting the Griffith Observatory. I loved the way the light refracted in a web like manner while simultaneously creating a geometric shape. It was also made as a memorial to Hubble which is sadly being retired.” You can see her video here.
Aja Engel
Agate Geode In Basket Setting w/ Kinetic Tension Band
The video is here.
Joan Furilla
Joan says, “This fine silver ring is for the kinetic challenge this week. The bead and the star motif beneath it both spin. The idea for this ring evolved into a moon lander levitating over a cratered base. I was actually going for a more dark grey patina but when these really wild blues and hot pinks popped I stopped it! Too pretty to lose.”
My Ring
sterling silver, 14k gold, quartz
The video is at the end of my blog post.
What a great challenge! We will be making rings for Japan next and many will be sold as fundraisers, the deadline is May 1st.
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Michele Grady
Wayne Henderson (StrikesWhileHot)
Laura M (Zoewyn)
citizen.objects
Stacey Johnson (stayseas2001)
tinkertown pics
Aleksandra Micic (micicart) 
Rebecca Bogan (AdobeSol)
Rae the Smithy
Joan Furilla
Wow!!!!~! Tomi, Great job compiling all of these fabulous rings.This was a VERY fun challenge and I look forward to the next one!… and many more to come.
So many brilliant and creative designs. Very inspiring!
everysingleoneis pretty dang amazing!!!congrats to everyone.
Thanks for posting this, Tomi! It's fun to be a part of this challenge.
wow !! It is so cool to see all of them together !! Thanks for sharing this with all Tomi! <3
What a great bunch of rings! I learned so much making my ring for this challenge! I'm excited for the next challenge!
These are all so great!!
super cool! inspiring! inspi ring!
Hooray for us!~ It was a really fun challenge and I loved playing along!
Wow – what fabulous rings – they're all just so amazing!!! Clever, clever people and all so creative!!! And typical me – I missed it 🙁 But what an odd coincidence that I bought a mini-wind-mill today as inspiration for some kind of jewellery, some time. How I wish I was in sync with the rest of the world :-)Dolly Allsorts aka Helen Derici
Love them all! Happy to be part of this bold and venturous bunch! You are all stars! Tomi, you deserve a medal!
All fantastic rings! Fun challenge too. Thanks for posting Tomi!
Tomi, thanks for the opportunity to be challenged and sweating a bit here. I enjoy seeing everyone's rings in this awesome collection here.
such a great collection and a fun challenge! can't wait to see the results of the next one!
Awesome post Tomi! Lots of great ideas came to life!
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