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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this aren’t exactly re purposed or useless material for that matter
an outlet states ‘Sterling Silver cast by hand in New York City’
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’!).
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
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..
How can I purchase one of these rings made out of a key. I love it. So original.