Spinel dragonfly man's ring / Gary Roe and Inken

[T L]

This is AMAZING!!! I love love love the dragonfly detail work on the ring and the stone is lovely

+1. Beautiful

 

[cloud_less]

Mention LilAlex and get 0% off from now 'til Christmas!

I need to re-connect with him about another ring -- but nothing as intricate as this one.

Please post some brooch photos!

Don't have it with me right now but here's Gary's post:

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Very art-nouveau

 

[RMOO]

Thank you, @canuk-gal!



Thank you, @Autumn in New England! Wait you didn't just tell me how "brave" I was to wear that swimsuit, did you?

Yes, it was a step outside my comfort zone but I felt I was in good hands!

Was at my inlaws and saw this teapot that they keep on the wood stove to humidify the air. Swooped in for a closer look as I was avoiding other (food-prep) work before a get-together and saw it was a gorgeous dragonfly motif. And then I remembered that spouse and I got it for her maybe three decades ago (!). So I guess I have always had a thing for naturalistic dragonflies.





Tbh, it would have been cool to have perfectly contrasting eyes but so many dragonfly pieces have hokey (to me, at least) upward-facing "circle-eyes" that look like a kid's owl drawing. IRL, the eyes are almost hemispheres and face outward and forward. Now that would be a lot of work to carve from a stone!

It is fairly subtle on the hand -- looking straight down, you just see the stone and a "ball" on either end which you don't appreciate as a "bug head" until it is tilted a bit.

And, yes, definitely an unusual stone that I would not have bought from the photos alone, but Inken's "You really should see this one in person" convinced me it was unconventionally special.

I LOVE this kettle!!

 

[LilAlex]

Don't have it with me right now but here's Gary's post:

Omg I loved that when he posted! So happy for you -- and so glad it's "PS-owned and -operated."

 

[LilAlex]

I LOVE this kettle!!

Me, too! We should have bought one!

Looks like they are still out there ...



...but maybe not with the 30-years-on-the-wood-stove patina.

Lots of awful knockoffs now, looks like, that are flat on the bottom (electric range-friendly, maybe) but have an ugly profile from the side.

 

[LightBright]

Don't have it with me right now but here's Gary's post:

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Very art-nouveau

Omg so perfect!! I love this so much.

Did you commission this? I’m curious about how to look for his work for purchase.

 

[cloud_less]

Omg I loved that when he posted! So happy for you -- and so glad it's "PS-owned and -operated."

Aw thank you!! Without you and PS this would not happen.

Omg so perfect!! I love this so much.

Did you commission this? I’m curious about how to look for his work for purchase.

No - this is entirely his design!
I dm'ed him when I saw he posted it. Initially he said he wanted to keep it himself but offered to use another pair of briolettes to make a new one for me. I told him I liked the rhodolite garnets on the original so after thinking about it, he sold the original to me. That was really nice of him.

 

[Pinkmartini87]

Late to the party but love this work of art so much. A perfect trifecta of color, form, and detail. As always, your taste is as impeccable as your wit and humor; well done!!

 

[meladori]

This looks amazing, thank you for sharing the process with us!

 

[rubyshoes]

STUNNING! And I love Inken - she is so smart, so talented and just an all around wonderful person.