Making Two Rings with Real Meteorite

Yes, these rings really do contain meteorite.

I recently made two rings using real meteorite in the centre channels. It is not something I work with every day, so I filmed parts of the process while I made them.

Starting with the meteorite

For the inlay to sit properly, I ground the meteorite by hand using a mortar and pestle. It needs to be fine enough to work into the narrow channels, but I do not want every piece to look completely uniform. The small differences in the material are what give the finished rings their depth and texture.

Building each inlay by hand

I added the meteorite to each ring a little at a time, carefully working it around the full channel. Building the inlay gradually gives me much more control than trying to fill the whole ring in one go.

The two rings were made alongside one another, but they were never going to be exact copies. Every fragment sits differently, so each finished inlay develops its own natural pattern.

Finishing the rings

Once the meteorite was securely set, the surface was levelled and finished until it felt smooth to wear. From a distance the dark centre looks quite understated. Look closely and you can see the mottled greys and tiny variations running through it.

There is something slightly ridiculous, in the best possible way, about taking a material that came from space and turning it into something small enough to wear on your finger every day.

Jewellery made around your idea

Featherlings is best known for memorial and personalised jewellery, but bespoke work does not always fit neatly into one category. Sometimes it starts with an unusual material, a particular finish or simply an idea that you have not been able to find anywhere else.

If you have something unusual in mind, send me a message. I will always tell you honestly what is possible and how I would approach it.