The Carrotbox Jewellery Blog
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Ring-Free Thursday: Japan's Yuka Tanai.
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Finger-wear (and some of my favourite foods) from "Plastic Into Bodies" by Chinese jeweller Yonghui Duan, inspired by the problem of plastic packaging.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
It's Inna Monastyrna's world solar system and we're just living in it. Check out Jam Inc, the Israeli designer's collection, for tons of creative, playful jewellery.
Monday, March 1, 2021
Rings in cement, metal and resin by Italy's Marie Therese Wolf.
Friday, February 26, 2021
Floral "diamond" rings in silver by South Korea's Sejin Jeong.
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Ring-Free Thursday: amazing agate from Germany-based Spanish designer Empar Juanes Sanchis.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Fresh looks in recycled acrylic from Serbian studio Pamela Coromoto (named for an imagined muse).
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
These rings perfectly capture that birthday cake, party hat, paper streamer feeling that we've been missing since, oh, say, March 2020 or so. For more, check out New York's SusanaLand.
Monday, February 22, 2021
Rings, in an array of natural materials including horse hair, shell and wood, from Russia's Korzh Studio.
Friday, February 19, 2021
Galaxy beads are a common type of boro glass bead because the swirling colours can often resemble nebulae in outer space. But I don't know that I've ever seen anything quite as galactic as these stunning pieces from Russia's Rubino Oro (Marina Fo). Her lampwork rings, beads and pendants seem to encompass not only clouds of gas and dust but entire planets and solar systems.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Ring-Free Thursday: Taiwan's Yu Tseng.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Some domestic delights from Spain's Mercè Bruguera.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
This isn't a group of porcelain rings. It's a "flock."
Just ask UK jeweller Pauline Edie, who also works with recycled silver and gold.
Monday, February 15, 2021
Which came first, the chicken or...?
Trick question: rings always come first.
If you like exuberantly colourful, playful jewellery, check out Russia's Baraaashka (Anna Barannikova).
Friday, February 12, 2021
"Lovesick" and other rings from California's Rachel Quinn.
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Ring-Free Thursday: Sweden's Sanna Wallgren.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Complex colours in glass by Japan's Monado (Naomi Nakamura).
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
The UK's Michelle Currie is a "science artist + jewellery designer" who creates ferromagnetic pieces using "a unique blend of iron sands from Scottish beaches, iron shards and iron oxide powder together with an epoxy to create a static sculpture that outlines the invisible magnetic field lines acting on the physical matter."
Monday, February 8, 2021
Ring from Chinese jeweller Hanyu Zhao's "Secret Garden," full of "plant-like creatures that have their own identities."
Friday, February 5, 2021
These cool rings are made of resin — and CD-ROMs...
...but what I especially love are the 3D-printed chains from New Zealand's Maca Bernal.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Ring-Free Thursday: Finland's Saimij.
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Created by Russia's Maria Mironova, this skull, quail egg and crystal knuckleduster represents "fragility and strength"...
...while this one was born of a more practical concern, like how to eat when your hands are dirty or occupied.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Just some of the many rubber rings from Brazil's designTUN.
Monday, February 1, 2021
Inspired by Buddhist philosophy and the "impermanence of reality," the UK's Ruhong Chen created this gold ring that reveals itself as the outer layer of talc wears away. Check out her site for more conceptual series, including some nice work with pearls.