Rings with interchangeable stones
Design
1976 (made)
1976 (made)
Artist/Maker |
These are designs for three finger rings to be worn with interchangeable coloured stones. The fully assembled rings are shown in a row along the top of the page and the construction of each ring is explained in the drawings below. Some of the stones lock onto the ring and others are kept in place by hidden springs. The arrows help to explain this. The rings are shown from above and are turned towards the viewer. This offers the most three-dimensional viewpoint and reflects the way a ring is held in the hand as one examines it. The designer is Joel Degen, a self-taught jeweller who came to Britain from France in 1965. The use of fragile tracing paper and simple coloured crayon suggests that he made this drawing for his own reference.
Object details
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Title | Rings with interchangeable stones (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and coloured pencil on tracing paper |
Brief description | Design drawing in pen and ink and coloured pencils for three finger rings with interchangeable stones, by Joel Degen. |
Physical description | Drawing in pen and ink and coloured pencils for three finger rings made of interchangeable red and blue stones, with arrows indicating how the various parts fit together. Inscribed at bottom right with title. |
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Production type | Design |
Marks and inscriptions | rings with interchangeable stones. (Bottom right; Handwriting; Pen and ink; Degen) |
Credit line | Argenta Gallery |
Production | In a postcard to Mary Guyatt dated 17.4.04 the artist writes: 'The ring designs were drawn and made in 1976.' No date is given on the Circ. card. |
Subjects depicted | |
Summary | These are designs for three finger rings to be worn with interchangeable coloured stones. The fully assembled rings are shown in a row along the top of the page and the construction of each ring is explained in the drawings below. Some of the stones lock onto the ring and others are kept in place by hidden springs. The arrows help to explain this. The rings are shown from above and are turned towards the viewer. This offers the most three-dimensional viewpoint and reflects the way a ring is held in the hand as one examines it. The designer is Joel Degen, a self-taught jeweller who came to Britain from France in 1965. The use of fragile tracing paper and simple coloured crayon suggests that he made this drawing for his own reference. |
Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Registers: 1976-1977 |
Collection | |
Accession number | CIRC.371-1976 |
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Record created | November 27, 2003 |
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