This is a one-of-a-kind ring I made as a gift for my wife. It started life as a small laurel oak cut off from my dad's garage cabinet build (photo at bottom). It was very small, cracked, and one side was showing the start of rot. However, from the worst pieces come the most unique... Continue Reading →
I don't really know why I call these "earth rings". I think it's because the greed and the brown. Anyways, these are spalted laurel oak mixed with a custom blend of green epoxy. The wood on these were from the ends of a laurel oak board I had from a larger project. It was pretty... Continue Reading →
This ring is the result of a new experiment of blending a wood ring black and custom mixed epoxy. The inspiration came from the wood surf board look that the maple/walnut laminated veneer rings have. I thought it would be interesting to put them into an ocean wave type setting. I love the look of... Continue Reading →
There are lots of ways to make a wooden ring. For me, it's an every evolving process. Here is a build log of my current process. This ring was a little bit of an experiment. The blank was a piece of spalted laurel oak that was left over from my dad's cabinet build. As you... Continue Reading →
Two commissioned rings all set and ready to go to their new homes. One is black walnut with blue sand inlay and the other is laurel oak with a mother of pearl inlay.
The photos don't really highlight the most interesting feature of this ring. The way I oriented the grain on this ring allows the light to catch it differently at different angles. As a result, as you turn the ring, light areas will turn dark.
Black walnut ring with a blue sand inlay. Created as a Christmas gift.
Marbled ebony ring created as a Christmas gift. The blank was found in the cutoff pile at Rockler. That's the great thing about wood rings. The scraps and cutoffs from other projects can create the most beautiful jewelry.
Roman olive wood ring created as a Christmas gift.
Cherry wood laminated with a veneer in the center. I'm not quite sure what the veneer is seeing it came in an assortment package with no labeling. The color matches the cherry wood nicely. It looks like there are two colors of veneers in the center, however, that is actually the layering the grain in... Continue Reading →
Wood Fire Workshop 