Description
This ring in 18ct gold is a slimmed down version of the silver escalator egg ring. The undulating surface of the top of the ring adds an extra dimension to this elegant and decisive ring.
A great example of a successful 3D CAD design. Perfectly weighted, it combines sleek and organic with ease.
What is it about the egg that is so appealing? Smooth to the touch? Hard on the outside, soft inside? No beginning or end?
Egg symbols abound in all cultures and artists from Heironymous Bosch, Salvador Dali to Sarah Lucas have been inspired by the shape and meaning of eggs.
It struck me when I first started designing jewellery, that an egg was the perfect shape for a ring, even the yolk is perfectly positioned to represent the void for the finger. I have been charmed by all sorts of birds eggs since a child growing up in New Zealand. The Observers Book of Eggs I inherited is still one of my favourites, along with Fields book of Birds.
I have been constructing and deconstructing egg forms in my jewellery from the beginning. To date I have a dozen egg inspired rings in an ongoing series – perfect time for an Eggxhibition…
