{"id":54,"date":"2009-01-11T20:35:38","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T00:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diannekargbaron.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2009\/01\/11\/yoj09-02-standard-form-ring\/"},"modified":"2009-01-11T20:35:38","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T00:35:38","slug":"yoj09-02-standard-form-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/diannekargbaron\/2009\/01\/11\/yoj09-02-standard-form-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"YOJ09-02 Standard Form Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"\"$ <\/a>Standard Form Ring<\/strong> (2009)
\nSterling silver, carnelian
\nSize 10<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t intending to post this as my second entry for the YOJ, but it\u2019s now Sunday, the due date for this week, and the piece I actually wanted to post isn\u2019t finished.\u00a0 I\u2019m \u201ctweaking\u201d.\u00a0 It feels very much like I\u2019m doing a science experiment.<\/p>\n

So\u2026 in the meantime\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to be teaching at Haliburton again this summer, and I have a bunch of tutorials I need to write in preparation for the class.\u00a0 Last fall I proposed a second level wire jewelry course, which was accepted.\u00a0 One of the projects is going to be the Standard Form Ring, aka Pharaoh\u2019s Ring.\u00a0 (Why it\u2019s called the \u201cPharaoh\u2019s Ring\u201d is a mystery:\u00a0 I haven\u2019t been able to find any historical examples using wire.\u00a0 References to cast versions, yes, wire, no\u2026).\u00a0 It\u2019s called the \u201cStandard Form Ring\u201d because it\u2019s one of the all-time classic wireworking ring patterns.\u00a0 A version of this ring was published in Moods in Wire by Ellsworth Sinclair, <\/a>Beginning Wirecraft by Jessie Donnan<\/a>, and in the Wire Artist Jeweller Magazine<\/a> (June 2003).\u00a0 It\u2019s a substantial ring, usually worn by men.\u00a0 I started writing my version this week, in between printing off \u201cprinting sheets\u201d for Number 2 Son, who likes to do \u201chomework\u201d.<\/p>\n

My own personal artistic proclivities don\u2019t lean towards classical wirework, so I haven\u2019t made this type of ring before.\u00a0 I followed the WAJ instructions for my first two attempts.\u00a0 I often tell my students that they shouldn\u2019t worry about what their first attempt looks like:\u00a0 usually with the first one, you\u2019re just trying to get your head around the steps, so clumsiness is part of the process.\u00a0 It\u2019s no different for me.\u00a0 This ring was attempt number 3\u2026 and I\u2019ll likely make at least two more in the process of refining, writing and photographing the steps for the instructions.<\/p>\n

There are useful wireworking skills to be learned from doing this project.\u00a0 There are definitely some \u201ctricks\u201d to getting it to look nice.\u00a0 Notes are being scribbled\u2026<\/p>\n

Some other views:
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