Green ring
When you hear about a green ring, what comes to mind?
That discolored circle around your neck that is the tell-tale sign of cheap jewelry?
The disgusting ring in a fraternity house bathtub?
Or do you picture a ring with plants growing where a nice semi-precious stone should be?
Door No. 3.
An Icelandic jewelry designer has created a "green" ring collection - rings with live plants, such as a tiny moss, growing out of a stainless steel base.
The rings need watered, of course, but if you hold your hands just so - as if you have just had a manicure and your nails are still wet - the ring can last for six months.
Which, if you think about it, is longer than my entire garden lasted.
The rings are designed by 23-year-old Hafsteinn Juliusson of Iceland and are called "Growing Jewelry."
(I know I'd like to grow jewelry.)
"Growing Jewelry is a redefination of modern values. It is a clash of jewelry and gardeing; courture and organism," said the designer.
The rings will cost about $775, which is just a little more than I spent on my garden last summer. But I was never able to find a way to wear it....
Comments
$775. Hey, I have tons of moss growing in my yard that I let the deer eat for free. Of course it's not growing in platinum.
Reggie, you are so funny!
Posted by: Reggie Greenberg | January 6, 2010 11:39 PM