Fordite Ring by Karen Gilbert material_cherry 75" x 3" x 1

75" x 3" x 1

while honoring the labor of the individual worker

This is a Trace-Along Scratch and Sketch

"Life is a carnival" that is what my friend Jeff has always told me

Paper-wrapped decorative box

Fordite Ring by Karen Gilbert material_cherry 75" x 3" x 1Lovely round cut antique Fordite bullseye 'stone' sits in a lightly oxidized, sterling silver bezel and band. Fordite is made from cutting cabachons from hunks of paint layers built up over time from the old process of car part painting. When lapidary techniques are used to cut and polish a piece for jewelry, wonderful layers of color emerge, even glittery metallics! No two are alike and often nifty bullseye patterns show up when cut just so, like