Rings for Mary Shelley by Elizabeth Shaw

These rings were inspired by the 1931 classic movie Frankenstein that was based on a story written by 18-year-old Mary Shelley in 1816. In Frankenstein the parts of various bodies were combined to make a monster. In each of these rings, a part of an engraved sterling silver bangle has been combined with cast sterling silver formed from a range of other items. The joins are intentionally obvious alluding to the unnatural mix following the idea of marrying parts from different origins but of the same materials to make a new whole.