Billy Nisbet: Week 5 Ring

My inspiration for the Hexaring was the honeycomb shape. I experimented with several different forms to incorporate the shape, and decided upon the chain resting halfway in the surface of a traditional ring. I designed this ring to be unisex, it can be customized through material choices.

To create this final design i used sweep 1 to create the traditional ring shape.  By working out the total circumference, I calculated the appropriate sized hexagon to form a seamless loop around. I piped and filleted to get my final shape refined.

Materiality in the two rings consists of an inner ring of ceramic, and the hexagonal ring composed of precious metals. The precious metals shown are platinum on top, gold on bottom.