Japanese Key - as Key “Ring” Jewellery

Swiss Miss came across keys re-fashioned as rings on Kiel Mead and thought it was a great idea as a parting souvenir to have your old house key made into a ring.

I love the idea of repurposing older, perhaps useless material items into giving them a sense of meaning and to create sentimental value.

Kiel Mead offer a range of such keys, above of which is their Japanese Characters Ring.

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4 comments   |  1,420 views  |  categories : Fashion, Ideas, Japan

1 soupyj { 06.25.07 at 3:33 pm }

this aren’t exactly re purposed or useless material for that matter
an outlet states ‘Sterling Silver cast by hand in New York City’

2 sifu { 06.25.07 at 4:12 pm }

Yes, you’re right - I was just talking about the idea of repurposing, but I wrote it as if the Kiel Mead keys are also repurposed.

So - to be clear - the Kiel Mead keys aren’t repurposed and are definitely not made of useless material (unless you define Sterling Silver as ‘useless’!).

3 Kiel { 07.03.07 at 4:10 pm }

When I was first making these rings I tried to make them out of real keys. However there is a lot of nickel in keys and after a certain radius they just break. So I ended up having to go with silver to fully execute the idea. My favorite one is the Mercury Messenger. -KM

4 sifu { 07.03.07 at 5:02 pm }

Thanks Kiel - I won’t waste any keys then! Not that I’d risk keys that are still useful anyhow. Nice work on the rings though..

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