Void To Form,

a dream withal.

Molten Made Jewelry

By Ren Patch

Here's several recently made pieces

  • #1668, Scarab, Size 7 1/2+
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    $69.38 USD
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  • #1664, Eye, Size 8
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    $141.60 USD
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  • #1663, One Line, Size 14
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    $184.17 USD
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  • #1662, Tree, Size 8 1/2
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    $143.33 USD
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  • #1661, Eye, Size 4 1/2
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    $48.11 USD
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  • #1659, Eye, Size 3 1/2
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-Shop By Ring Size-

These links will sort through my catalogue and show you the rings I have that are already a perfect fit, or that can be sized to fit you.

1, 1½, 2, 2½, 3, 3½, 4, 4½, 5, 5½, 6, 6½, 7, 7½, 8, 8½, 9, 9½, 10, 10½, 11, 11½, 12, 12½, 13, 13½, 14, 14½, 15, 15½, 16.

All Rings

Bespoke

Bespoke means Made For You, or Made To Order. These pieces do not exist yet, they will be made right here in the studio, by me, for you. These pieces on this menu, while I will be faithful to my recipes, will contain slight variation due to the nature of working from raw materials and allowing process to often be part of a design. Keep in mind, these pieces have a lead time of 2-4 weeks for these to be made, packaged, and shipped.

  • A Piece of π, Any Size, Bespoke.
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    $76.00 USD
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  • One Line Meandering on a Crag Ring, Any Size, Bespoke.
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    $123.71 USD
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Paracharattein To Nomisma

In English, "Deface The Currency"

When Diogenes went to the Oracle at Delphi to ask how to live, he received the words "Παραχαράτειν το νόμισμα". While he did not interpret the words literally, he lived an ascetic life outside the constraints of conventional society and able to, well, see the bullshit. He started a movement to question, ruthlessly. To question the values of: Values, Traditions, Truths..., Everything; To Deface the Currency of Civilization.

When a coin is engraved I find the philosophical metaphors can be poignant, something about altering such a cold, hard, government-issued, physical manifestation of power, at the very least has a rebellious feeling.

I like to imagine my graver has a magic similar to the sunglasses in the John Carpenter's “They Live”. The glasses enable the wearer to see propaganda as it is, in the movie the glasses are put on and billboards are transformed to say “OBEY” “CONFORM” “BUY” he looks down at a man exchanging money which reads “THIS IS YOUR GOD” for a magazine telling him to “STAY ASLEEP.” Fun stuff, but it really touches on a truth, especially in this modern age. My graver has the ability to transform the propaganda inherent within these pennies, sometimes in relation to what the coin already speaks, sometimes in opposition to it, others entirely overriding it. But make no mistake, these pennies are not liberated from what they were, they are simply my propaganda now. 

These coins are sold randomly, Pokemon-card style, each one sewn into its own packet, dropped into a box and shaken up. Each coin is individually engraved by hand. There are no special requests, once sewn up and dropped in I have no clue which one is which, and the penny you receive will be entirely up to chance. Every Penny that has entered this collection can be found in this gallery.

  • Paracharattein To Nomisma (Single)
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    $22.31 USD
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  • Paracharattein To Nomisma (Triple Pack)
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    $44.82 USD
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  • Paracharattein To Nomisma (Six Pack)
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    $67.52 USD
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Molten Made Jewelry

Starting with raw elements, mostly Ag (Silver), Au (Gold), and Cu (Copper). Using tools and methods that go back to antiquity such as forging, sand casting, hammers, and anvils; alongside modern tools and methods like, microscopes, pneumatic engravers, and my trusty propane oxygen torch. VTF uses no premanufactured sheet, wire or findings, all work is done in the philosophy of “Molten Made”. Which means I, the craftsman who created this jewelry, follows the tenant that I must have witnessed the metal in its molten form. This standard guarantees that all the jewelry I make is my creation. With that starting point I can simply focus on the craft, which achieves a quality that can only be found in the process.