Wood! Wood! More wood!

This ring is about life, beatha (the ogham inscription) being the old Irish word for it.  It's circularity symbolizes the renewal of life.

Inspired by Buckquoy's spindle-whorl.

Items needed:

drilling machine with center bits or forstner bits with a diameter matching your finger

a small, rectangular piece of wood

sandpaper and optionally drill disk sander

pyrography tool kit

How to make it:

1. Create the shape of the ring by using the drilling machine to create the center hole and sanding out the outer edges.





2. Draw with a pencil the marking on the ring. Burn the engravings into the ring by using the phyrography tool.




3. Optionally, one could use a coating of wood oil to protect it.

Beatha, 2014, Unknown wood, Zenith Adi