Cindy Ashbridge / Greetje van den Geest / María Goti

Some people like sprouts in their sandwiches. I like sprouts in my rings — and so does England's Cindy Ashbridge, who magnifies her silver patterns with an overlay of magnifying quartz.

Here's a wild piece with gold tentacles sprouting far and wide by Dutch metalsmith Greetje van den Geest.

Bonus link:
One more cute sprout ring in oxidized silver, from the "three petals" collection by Spanish jeweller María Goti. She has some great rings in her "el viejo balancín" series, too!

Even more jewellery:

• Susanne Elstner (Germany) - metal sprouts


• Lu Pin (Poland) - silk thread


• Melanie LeBlanc (Toronto) - organic & textured


• Charlotte Brown (UK) - stamped silver


• Sue Aygarn-Kowalski (Massachusetts) - bubbles & pods