basin ring
Asked to re-create the rosewood and gold ring, swapping the rosewood base for chemically treated silver inspired by the rose gold and silver bands, a one-to-one replication of the rosewood ring, how wood and gold collided and negotiated with one another, felt inappropriate.
A requirement for the gold to have rough edges as in the rosewood version of the ring drove how it wanted to negotiate with a new counterpart that felt harder, colder, and more calculated (oxidized silver). The decision to add a sense of space to the black silver, giving it depth and softening its presence, while reducing the weight of the ring (but maintaining a pronounced sense of physical weight).
The basin became the arena of negotiation with a gold form: how it wanted to situate itself in space, its size, and orientation. 22 karat gold, being softer and richer in colour than its lower karat relatives, both sinks and protrudes from the basin. On one side the nugget cuts into the basin, embedding itself into its wall. On the adjacent face it pushes itself into the wall, allowing the nugget to bank against the opposing side. The basin acts against the weight of the gold, barring it from reaching its bed.
