I am looking for Ideas, Sketches, or Drawings for the Ring Project.
I am hoping that we can have some ideas for both the February and March meetings.
We will vote on the Ring at the March Meeting.
Construction to begin at the March Meeting and conclude at the April Meeting.

Here are the guide lines from ABANA.

Calling all blacksmiths and metalsmiths! As part of its 2010 conference, ABANA is sponsoring another ring project. We are soliciting handmade rings for inclusion in ornamental pieces that will be auctioned off at the June conference in Memphis, Tennessee.

This year, instead of one large ring framework, conference planners are preparing three separate frameworks, each with a different theme, and each consisting of four rings. The goal is to create three great auction pieces that are small enough to hang and display in a home, business, museum, gallery, restaurant, corporate board room, shop, music studio, etc.

THE THREE THEMES ARE:

National Ornamental Metal Museum

The rings and framework of this piece will acknowledge the important presence of the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee and classical ornamental metal work in general. Ring submissions might draw their inspiration from American or European mastersmiths.

Mississippi River

These rings will acknowledge the importance of the Mississippi River from the headwaters of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota to the Mississippi River delta in New Orleans. Rings might include flora, fauna, fish, birds, boats, river towns, and history associated with the river.

Memphis Music

These rings will acknowledge the Memphis music scene. Rings might reference musicians (Elvis Presley), music (Beale Street blues), instruments (Gibson guitars), etc.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this undertaking is to promote friendly competition for blacksmiths and metalsmiths, to raise revenue for ABANA, and for fun and camaraderie.

CALL FOR RINGS
Anyone interested in submitting a ring (or rings) is encouraged to make and send his or her best work for possible inclusion into one of the frameworks.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR MAKING THE RINGS
Ring size is 10” O.D. (outside diameter, and must be accurate) made from ¼” x 1” steel flat stock bent the hard way.