Silver Nautilus Ring *Ready to ship*
Silver Ammonite Ring, Solid Sterling Silver, designed and produced in my studio in Austin Tx - made from beginning to end by hand in my studio
*read to ship* in select sizes only. Limited stock.
Material:
Sterling Silver (Solid Sterling Silver, not plated)
Highly detailed on both the front and back of the ring & highly detailed ring band
sizing: please pick from drop down
(If your size is not listed, please contact me to set up a custom listing for you and I will make one to fit. Larger rings will come with additional material fees)
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Ammonites were prehistoric creatures that were (essentially) the predecessors of the present day chambered nautilus. They were cephalopods that lived on the bottom of the ocean inside their chambered shells millions of years ago. Each cell within their shell was a new room they built for their body as they grew, leaving behind the smaller cell they once inhabited, and so I view the chambered nautilus, as many do, as a symbol for the spiral of life; symbolizing how we endure and grow through our own chapters. I have always been fascinated by the chambered nautilus and its beautiful geometry, so exact and so absolute.
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'The Chambered Nautilus'
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)
This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign,
Sails the unshadowed main,--
The venturous bark that flings
On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings
In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings,
And coral reefs lie bare,
Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.
Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl;
Wrecked is the ship of pearl!
And every chambered cell,
Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell,
As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell,
Before thee lies revealed,--
Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed!
Year after year beheld the silent toil
That spread his lustrous coil;
Still, as the spiral grew,
He left the past year’s dwelling for the new,
Stole with soft step its shining archway through,
Built up its idle door,
Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.
Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee,
Child of the wandering sea,
Cast from her lap, forlorn!
From thy dead lips a clearer note is born
Than ever Triton blew from wreathèd horn!
While on mine ear it rings,
Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings:--
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea!
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Process:
hand carving out of wax
investing
burn out in kiln
centrifugal casting
finishing and polishing
Custom Items:
I do take commissions for custom designs. Please msg me to discuss if possible.
All of my designs are © Jamie Spinello
International orders are welcome, please contact me about shipment and I can set the listing up for purchase.