Association for Contemporary Jewellery ACJ

Thomasin Durgin is organising an online auction of rings by contemporary makers with all proceeds (100%) going to the Haiti relief effort.
http://metalriot.blogspot.com/search/label/fundraiser

Auctions will last 7 days and begin on 1st February. One or two rings will be listed each day, and they will continue on a rolling basis until all of the rings are sold.

Please take at the website!

The ring shown here was made by ACJ member Dauvit Alexander specifically for the auction.

 
It's made from a corroded industrial nut which was found in the street in an industrial estate in Burgess Hill. I have set it with yellow sapphires in groups of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on each face: the nut spins and it is a kind of "dice ring". There are two peridots on the side and a garnet set on the base. It is intended to capture something of the chance element of the events.