This amazing occasional-wear ring deserves your attention.
Patrick Burt: This was an experiment which I felt failed and was therefore not reproduced. Now, when I state that the design failed I mean that in the sense of wearability. The look of the ring, I believe, is terrific but I know that it won’t stand up to the rigors of daily wear.
Titanium is colored by an electrical process which builds up an ultra thin skin of Titanium dioxide on the surface of the metal. This coating is completely clear and just molecules thick. The clarity and thickness sets up a diffraction of light which appears to us as color. The result, as you can see, is wonderful but the color is just molecules thick and quite vulnerable to the wear that hands dish out.
Even so, isn’t it gorgeous?
BeckyKay says
March 3, 2011 at 9:21 amThat is stunning! I assume the little dots are going depressions, although, they kind of look like bubbles.
Erika Jurney says
March 3, 2011 at 12:14 pmOoh, bubbles would be cool too!
Niffer says
March 3, 2011 at 5:33 pmThat is stunning.
Mary says
March 4, 2011 at 4:43 amIt looks so fun! I would so wear that!
Kharisma says
March 4, 2011 at 6:47 amPatric could try cover the depressions with clear resin or enamel. I believe that would make the color stays longer.
Erika Jurney says
March 4, 2011 at 7:39 amInteresting idea – I wonder if it would “stick”?
Kristin J says
March 12, 2013 at 1:44 amEnamel (fired glass) would coat and protect the layer of color and withstand any normal wear and tear. Enameled jewelry and artifacts have withstood the test if time for centuries. Why wouldn’t this process seal in the color in your ring?
Michele says
March 4, 2011 at 9:19 amThat ring is gorgeous! It’s a shame that it wouldn’t hold up for daily wearing.
It’s the sort of thing that I, a pretty shy person in person, would stop another person to ask them where they got it.
Erika Jurney says
March 4, 2011 at 1:00 pmI know, it’s really striking. Too bad the color will come off eventually…