Last week, I received a phone call, wondering whether my studio might be open for a quick drop-in. The woman on the other end of the line said that she had come across my Onefooter rings over the years. She was in town visiting a girlfriend, and that she was just about to get on an plane to leave Halifax again. Could she stop by on her way to the airport?
I warned her that I had just sent work out to several galleries, and I didn’t have many Onefooter rings in stock, but she wanted to take the chance. And so Audrey stopped by with her friend Lena Turofsky, who plays bass with Symphony Nova Scotia.
As you may know, each Onefooter ring is made individually, and each one of them turns out differently. They all start with one foot of silver, but then I stretch and shape the metal in various directions, which changes it’s length. And when I wind the silver up to form the ring, each one wants to wind differently. So each ring is different from the next. I always say “The ring finds the finger. You will know when it’s the right one for you”. So even if I had her size, was it going to be the right ring for her?
Well, she was delighted to find her match. I thought the piece looked particularly nice next to her lovely Amethyst ring. She wasn’t entirely certain, but I believe the ring might be made by Toronto Artist Shao-Pin Chu.
While she was at the studio, she fell in love with this half-finished Script cuff. But then: it wasn’t even finished! When you look closely, you can see the fissures along the edges of this cast piece; those still need to be cleaned up, the metal needs to be hardened, et cetera. It is still hours from being finished.
Audrey visibly had a hard time leaving it behind. She said she’d stop by next time she is in town, to see if it’s still there. But I have a feeling I may get a phone call about it yet…
I makes me so happy when people fall in love with my work!
