As thunderheads build at the horizon, we keep our eye on the storm at the edge of the sky: a phenomenon as capable of destruction as it is of powerful healing. With this ring built around an extraordinary old freeform Skystone, Wings evokes this medicine in all its intensely blue beauty and power. The focal stone is a not-quite-perfect oval of very old natural turquoise (long believed to be old Morenci) from his personal collection, gorgeous high-desert sky blue with a rolling surface textured by pits and patches of stormy black chert ashimmer with iron pyrite. It rests in a beautifully fitted bezel wrought entirely by hand, each section saw-cut by hand in perfect parallel to the next. The whole sits atop a classically wide band of heavy-gauge sterling silver, stamped in paired old-style radiant-sun motifs down its center and edged in cloud-like crescents along either border. This ring is created to larger standards, from ring size to width to weight. Nine-gauge band is 3/8″ wide; cabochon is 3/4″ high by 5/8″ wide at the widest point; band is currently sized at roughly 13.5 (all dimensions approximate). Sizeable*. Other views shown below.
Sterling silver; very old natural freeform American turquoise, believed to be old Morenci
$875 + shipping, handling, and insurance
* Because of the nature of the band design, there is a $25 charge for resizing
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