Andrea + Bryan Ring
Amuck Design (Kansas City, MO)
Andrea and Bryan collect ordinary discarded pieces from city streets and random locales—items like street signs and license plates—and repurposes them into something more. Taking inspiration from the urban jungle and the wild west, they combine the treasured finds with precious metals and stones to create a unique style of fine art jewelry. The past twenty years have been an exploration into the juxtaposition of high end and discarded materials. What would adornment look like if the materials we used were only those we hunted, gathered, or traded for? What is the relationship between costly objects and found objects, and can they hold the same beauty and sentimental value? Andrea and Bryan’s work helps answer these questions and creates a narrative for what fine art jewelry could be.
