Forms remember
what we become.

Sculptural rings study memory, metamorphosis, and the body as an archive.

Private chapel of silver MMXXVI

enter viewing room
i — vi

Six relics
of silver.

Hand-formed in Sydney. Move slowly —
each one was made over many evenings.

The Vertebra — silver ring by Ari Athas
Reliquary I

The Vertebra

first relic — a spine, crowned.

Family Affair — silver ring by Ari Athas
Reliquary II

Family Affair

what is inherited cannot be set down.

before silver, the form was a thought kept in a notebook.

atmosphere · 01

The Cross — silver ring by Ari Athas
Reliquary III

The Cross

a ribbon, braided into a small grief.

The Coil — silver ring by Ari Athas
Reliquary IV

The Coil

a thing curled in on itself, listening.

some forms carry what cannot be said aloud.

atmosphere · 02

The Wishbone — silver ring by Ari Athas
Reliquary V

The Wishbone

broken in the act of making a wish.

The Pearl — silver ring by Ari Athas
Reliquary VI

The Pearl

kept beneath cloth for a hundred years.

a quiet thing, kept in the dark for a long time.

atmosphere · 03

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