More Cast Jewelry! Rhino Ring, Obelisk Ring, and Bronze Medals!

Well, here it is: the promised post about the other things I've been casting here in Italy! The first is a rhino ring that I loosely based on the Albrecht Durer rhinoceros print:









This one's an obelisk (which are everywhere in Italy) with my initials in Egyptian hieroglyphs going around it:







And finally, if you remember a looong long time ago I made this print of me battling an octopus. I thought it was about time I got some accolades for that feat, so I made myself these bronze military medals:





Less than a week left in Italy!

Saint Sebastian Double Ring

Here in Italy, I'm afraid I have become somewhat obsessed with the Catholic saints, and my favorite is Saint Sebastian, who's always depicted being shot by arrows (second favorite: Saint Peter of Verona, always depicted with a cleaver in his head. Ow!) I learned to make wax molds and cast recently, so I cast myself a Saint Sebastian double finger ring so I can kick ass Catholicism-style.













I'll post much more cast jewelry soon; I've been busy. For something much less dramatic than a giant ring of a dying saint, you can watch my critique of Kinder Egg toys I've found here in Italy.

A Jewelry Mini-Post

Hello from Italy! Yes, I have been in Italy for nearly a month now, and will be here for over a month more. Here's something I just finished a few days ago, a Cerberus pendant made of copper and brass. The whole thing is maybe the size of a quarter and a dime pushed together:

Aaaand here's the back. I'm thinking I'll make it into a necklace, but as of now it's just a chunk o' metal:



If you're interested what I've been doing in Italy other than making things, you can follow my video blog starting with this video!