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64 incredible rings will compete, head to head, in a single elimination tournament, for the entire month of May in hopes of being crowned, CHAMPION in the International BATTLE of the RINGS. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, that probably sounds a bit strange. If you do, you’re already giddy with anticipation! There’s really nothing else like it. This year we received 138 entries, from around the globe. All of the rings are shown here. Our jurors, Sharon Massy and James Thurman, esteemed artists and educators in our field, selected 64 competitors through a blind jury (selections indicated...

Love color? Powder coat it! Want to preserve an awesome patina? Powder coat it with clear! Just want to learn something new? Try powder coating! Saturday, April 29 Barbara Knuth will introduce you to this industrial material with virtually unlimited applications. If it can tolerate a bit of heat, you can powder coat it! This exploratory and technical workshop, will teach participants the techniques and methods for applying a decorative powder coat to a variety of surfaces including metal, wood and whatever else you bring to try! The class will cover the preparation of surfaces for coating, the application process,...

Happy Spring! Spring is for rings around Danaca Design because The Ring Smackdown is just around the corner! Have you submitted your masterpiece yet? The deadline is FRIDAY!! If not, it might be you are still very much a student. It’s Take a Class Tuesday! So let me tell you about a class that will help you up your game, The Big Ring coming up April 22 and 23 with instructor Juan Reyes! Juan is among the MOST patient and genuinely kind teachers you’ll come across and he LOVES big jewelry! This class will focus on creating hollow constructed rings...

Get to know the Danaca Design Gallery artists and their work by joining us on Instagram or Facebook for regular weekly features. Beginning the first week of August, we will highlight the jewelry and story of one artist from our gallery each week. Over the course of the week, expect to see multiple photos of their work, details about their artistic process and a few personal stories too.  As it turns out this project will take us straight through to the end of the year!  We hope you’ll enjoy learning a little more about our artists and the diverse collection in our unique gallery. Hopefully you’ll find a couple great holiday gifts as well! 

  Dear friends,  I recently read a blog post by Betsy Brown: Update from an Epidemic, about the new buzzword “languishing.” Betsy wrote, “It can mean the blah, unmotivated feeling we are all having. Not quite depression but definitely not feeling joy. Languishing can also mean being stuck in an unpleasant place or situation.” I am definitely experiencing a little bit of that. How about you? Who would’ve thought, one year later, we would need a pick me up?  Languish no longer! Join us next month for an exciting event, Battle of the Rings, otherwise known as the Ring Smackdown, a head-to-head, tournament style, single-elimination juried competition and virtual event. First conceived and produced in the spring of 2020, this event...