Violet Weiner | Polyp

Artist: Violet Weiner, Maine
Materials: sterling silver, rubies, cubic zirconia
Size: 6.5

Artist Statement: I carved this piece from wax and cast it in sterling silver. The exterior of the polyp forms are covered in flush set rubies and pink cubic zirconia, which creates a stained glass window effect in the forms' oxidized interior. The interior shape of the band is organic, as opposed to a perfect circle, which hugs the shape of the finger and keeps the polyp forms upright.

Artist Bio: Violet Weiner is a Portland-based interdisciplinary metalsmith who works with a wide range of material, including but not limited to taxidermy, stone, hair, plastic, silicone and precious metals. She received her BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry at the Maine College of Art and works as a goldsmith under Patricia Daunis-Dunning of Daunis Fine Jewelry. Her current body of work investigates abjection through objects that follow traditional jewelry typeforms, and is inspired by the soft, biomorphic forms of fungi and organs.

This ring was part of Battle of the Rings: Ring Smackdown 2023, an online exhibition and competition. View the entire collection HERE, view the matches HERE, and learn more HERE.