Waste Not Want Not

Check out the ring Colleen made in her Lost Wax Casting Workshop
http://www.thedevilsworkshop.ca/workshops_lostwaxcasting.shtml

Colleen's Dad requested that she replace the wedding band that he no longer wanted to wear with an updated piece. Since Colleen's Dad is a "nature lover" a burn out of a piece of bark was the perfect solution.

She started with a straight piece of bark and burned it out to make a straight piece of silver bark; we then bent it into a ring shape and carved out the middle to make it smooth and thinner. We then made a rubber mould of the silver model for reproductions and ultimately cast the work in 14k yellow gold.

Colleen then used the silver model to make a matching pendant for her mom and used one of the trial pieces to make a great pair of earrings for herself

Great work on putting all your trial to good use Colleen!