This piece was made for “Radical Jewelry Makeover: Chicago edition”. The wood material for this ring was sourced from a brooch which had been donated to RJM to be repurposed. And the silver for this ring was sourced from silver RJM donations which had been melted down into usable ingots.

From their site, "Radical Jewelry Makeover (RJM) is an international community jewelry mining and recycling project focused on education and collaboration. It brings together jewelers, working together to examine mining issues while making innovative jewelry from recycled sources."