Water-Sound-Scape

Upon engagement, my partner and I wanted to do something special and meaningful for my wedding band – she knew exactly what she wanted, but I had to take a more exploratory route.  I liked the existing style of ring that depicted a form of landscape, seascape or mountain range.  However, I needed a ‘scape that related most to my life and experience.  I wanted to capture the Georgian Bay area were I grew up every summer – thanks to the forethought of my grandparents who picked a small lot up the road from Cawaja Beach.  My Grandfather and Grandmother escaped Poland for Sweden during WWII and then settled in Roncesvalles, Toronto, Canada.  He helped to settle a number of other Polish immigrant families in the area during that time, both in Toronto and up in Tiny Township (@Cawaja Beach).

To capture this unique location, I took a sound recording of the wind and waves that do so much to shape that landscape both physically and aurally.  Creating a parametric model to fine tune the shape and weight of a final ring, I was able to import the soundscape as a wave pattern using opensource “Sonic Visualizer” and Rhinoceros with the Grasshopper plugin to develop a 3D model.

The final design was printed on a solidscape printer by a local jeweler, and is to be cast by an artisan colleague of my Fiance.  I’ll post the final product soon!