Amanda Frayer artisan // illustrator // designer
Posts tagged ‘mountain design’
Finished rings!
Everyone unanimously voted for the mountain design. Simple circles just don’t show true commitment — they’re too easy! So here’s some photos of the second batch of rings in the final stages. I set the stones with CA glue (surrounded by big gobs of wax): Next, I leveled the stone: And here they are before [...]
How to make a wooden ring (Design)
Now that you have a rough shape cut out, it’s time to make design decisions. (If you’d rather fly by the seat of your pants, you can skip this post and go straight to Part 3.) Here are some excellent wood ring-makers for inspiration: Stout Woodworks ArtisTree Wood Art Simply Wood Rings Touch Wood Rings [...]
How to make a wooden ring (Background)
Let me first bring you up to speed since this process started a couple months ago. I decided to ask Dan to marry me while we were driving through the night with friends from the U.P. back to Minneapolis. After a roaring New Year’s Eve weekend at his cousin’s cabin on the South Shore of [...]