Audrey Werner, Iron and Sterling Silver Fin Ring, United States, 2003

Audrey Werner has always been interested in the different ways people around the world, and throughout history, have adorned themselves. As a child, she would make jewelry from everything she could find-from beads to rocks, wire, and seeds. In 1992 she enrolled in classes at FIT with an eye toward expanding her knowledge of metal, and, from this point onward, was hooked. Later that same year, she landed an apprenticeship with the jeweler Gregg Wolf. Werner soon became his assistant, a position she would hold for the next two years while establishing her own practice. Another influence on Werner’s work came from a seemingly unexpected place. In 1996 she was sharing a studio with jeweler Philip Crangi...

Audrey Werner has always been interested in the different ways people around the world, and throughout history, have adorned themselves. As a child, she would make jewelry from everything she could find—from beads to rocks, wire, and seeds. In 1992 she enrolled in classes at fit with an eye toward expanding her knowledge of metal, and, from this point onward, was hooked. Later that same year, she landed an apprenticeship with the jeweler Gregg Wolf. Werner soon became his assistant, a position she would hold for the next two years while establishing her own practice. Another influence on Werner’s work came from a seemingly unexpected place. In 1996 she was sharing a studio with jeweler Philip Crangi...

Seamlessly mixing influences from around the world, Werner works with oft-overlooked materials, including her signature black iron, to create bold pieces of striking beauty. "I am am...

Seamlessly mixing influences from around the world, Werner works with oft-overlooked materials--including her signature black iron--to create bold pieces of striking beauty. "I am am...

Micke Berggren, Sweden. Modernist designer ring in hammered pewter. Late 20th century. Diameter: 16 mm. US size: 5.5. In very good condition. Stamped.

This wonderful hallmarked sterling silver ring is both sculptural and modernist. It is marked 925 sterling and TH-47 from Taxco Mexico. The initials stand for Taxco, the region of Me...

Willy H. Jacob Krogmar. Danish silversmith. Modernist ring in sterling silver adorned with raw amethyst. 1960's. In very good condition. Stamped. Measures: 17 mm. US size: 6.5 In mos...

A chunky belt buckle ring in silver designed by Swedish silversmith Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, retailed in 2013. Stamped TORUN 925 Ring size (approx.) US 7 - FR 54 - UK O Weight 12....