Satellite of Love - 2019

Aren't satellites incredibly romantic? They are besotted devotees circling the object of their obsession - Like the moon has the earth since time began - or, like the lovely spindly little things we send to space then largely forget about, those unsung heroes that allow us to hit like buttons and not get lost in the suburbs.
Isn't it time satellites take their place in jewelry iconography, among the panthers, unicorns and roses?

This collection of BattleAxe rings featured my first kinetic piece too, the 'Satellite OF Love' Super-extra spinning ring:

The satellite has tiny vitreous-enamel 'solar panels'. Go here to see it spin

 


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