Szofita (Sophie Tari) / Heike Besslich

I think a lot of people still envision Canada as looking like some scene out of March of the Penguins, only with fewer beaks. But really, it's just Toronto and Edmonton where they live in igloos and ride beaver-pulled toboggans to work; Vancouver is quite temperate and snow is always an event. So, in honour of this past weekend's snowfall, here are some snowdome rings by New York's Szofita (aka Sophie Tari). If you like curiosities, especially cabinets of them, you're in for a treat.

Bonus link: silver "snowball" rings by German metalsmith Heike Besslich, who draws her inspiration from nature.

Even more jewellery:

• Sally Grant (UK) - modern metal


• Rory Hooper (Israel) - art jewellery


• Andrea Roberts (Vancouver) - contemporary silver