Handcrafted Jewelry: Rings
In 2006 jewelry designer Ashley Vick earned her BFA in metals from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, and became a studio assistant to designer Ananda Khalsa. In 2009, Vick designed and created her own line of jewelry, called Filomena Demarco. Utilizing the techniques of lost wax casting and various methods of fabrication, creates sculptural jewelry that is inspired by forms and colors found in nature, with minimal, bold, clean lines. Each piece is handcrafted using sterling silver and natural gemstones.
Ashley Vick Garnet in Schist Ring
Hand fabricated brushed sterling silver and bezel-set Garnet in schist. Schist is metamorphic foliated crystalline rock containing mica and various other minerals with bands that are often wavy and contorted. Stone measures 1" x 1". Band measures .5".
$275
Ashley Vick Medium Cage Ring
Hand fabricated sterling silver cage ring with square wire band. Dimensions: 2.0in H x 1.25in W.
$150
Ashley Vick 22K Ring
Hand fabricated sterling silver and bronze ring. Bronze is hand stamped with 22K Gold and is set in an oversized prong setting. Dimensions: 1.25in H x 0.75in W.
$225
See all FILOMENA DEMARCO DESIGNER JEWELRY at artfulhome.com.
Ashley Vick remembers piling on her mother's jewelry with a more-is-better approach, and how beautiful it made her feel to wear it. As a child she had no concept of how much it cost. Inevitably, she would get caught and be forced to put it back. She thinks about how much jewelry went unworn and how it was locked away for safekeeping. The memory of this has shaped her relationship with jewelry. Vick believes it should be worn, and that the value of how good it feels to wear it is, in fact, more valuable than the object itself.
