Jiro Masuda | Game of Telephone

Artist:  Jiro Masuda, MI
Materials: Sterling silver
Size: 8/Two-finger ring (Can be resized)

One of a kind

Artist Statement:  Incidents often happen and become the kernel for the story but then the story gets twisted and follows different paths becoming conspiracy, rumors and urban legends. This ring relays a personal experience when the stories that were allowed to occur became more and more outlandish. This ring explores what happens down the rabbit hole.

Technical Process Info: Fabrication

Artist Bio: Jiro Masuda attended the University of Houston where he received a BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing. He spent one year at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and then moved to Michigan to attend the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he received his Masters of Fine Arts in Metalsmithing. Teaching Jewelry and Metalsmithing has been his driving passion for the past 30 plus years. Jiro has taught at numerous institutions including; the University of Houston, Temple University, Wayne State University, the University of Michigan, and Dartmouth College. Jiro is currently the Jewelry and Metalsmithing Instructor and Upper School Department Chair for Visual and Performing Arts at Detroit Country Day School in Beverly Hills, Michigan where he is also an alumnus. The industrial aesthetic and culture of the automobile and machining industry of Detroit have strongly influenced Jiro’s art. His work spans the range from jewelry to silverware and from small functional objects to ceremonial structures. He has worked in a variety of materials including copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, silver, gold, platinum, steel, titanium, stainless steel, nickel, plastics, and wood. His creativity and irreverent attitude toward materials and found objects can be summarized with a sentiment by an art historian: “artists are like children, and their joy comes from playing with their materials.” Jiro’s work has been widely exhibited nationally and has been included in three issues of Metalsmith Magazine. His pieces have been collected by several individuals as well as the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. where one of his pieces is part of the exhibit, “The Hechinger Collection: Tools as Art.”

This ring is part of Battle of the Rings: Ring Smackdown 2025, an online exhibition and competition. All the rings are available for purchase, view the entire collection HERE, view the matches HERE, and learn more HERE.