three post-apocalyptic cocktail rings
found, rusted
steel conduit,
silver, citrine,
garnets, topaz, tourmaline, peridot and amethyst
My first real work
with corroded steel as a material. These rings were all basic
experiments, the amethyst one being the very first: the subsequent two
were made immediately after, pushing the work I was doing and so they
became a set. The story of the title came from where I found the
conduit: in a derelict garage in Dennistoun, lying next to broken
glasses, a discarded champagne bottle and a muddy feather boa, the
post-apocalyptic cocktail party to which I had not been invited...
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