One ring...
Well, two, actually. We're at the point of deciding on the wedding bands, and we're torn, so we are asking teh Internets for opinions.
Candidate #1 is a titanium with wood inlay. The samples we've seen look a lot better than the Web picture, but here's a rough idea:
That's made by a guy in Tennessee, who is as far as we know the only guy in the world who can make such a ring. We like the "greenie" ness of using wood as a material (it's from a burl, which is sort of a tree-cancer, hence not involving going out and harvesting the Amazon). Downside is that it's potentially not very durable and we might need to have the inlay replaced every so often, at a cost of $15. Other downside is cost -- about 150% of the price of candidate 2, and utterly un-negotiable thus far.
Candidate #2 is also titanium, but this time, carved with a pattern of our choice and then anodized so that the letters show up in a color (mine would look like gold; she wants a light green to match the engagement stone). This was the inspiration (in blue):
It's cheaper, and it'd be made by a local artist who we've met in person. It obviously has nerd chic. (You will be surprised to learn that I am not the one who suggested this design. She picked it out. Didn't know what it *was*, but she still picked it out.) I think the thing that's holding me back is that it's sort of commonplace nerd chic -- lots of people have such rings.
Make a decision for me, computer-addicted masses!
Candidate #1 is a titanium with wood inlay. The samples we've seen look a lot better than the Web picture, but here's a rough idea:
That's made by a guy in Tennessee, who is as far as we know the only guy in the world who can make such a ring. We like the "greenie" ness of using wood as a material (it's from a burl, which is sort of a tree-cancer, hence not involving going out and harvesting the Amazon). Downside is that it's potentially not very durable and we might need to have the inlay replaced every so often, at a cost of $15. Other downside is cost -- about 150% of the price of candidate 2, and utterly un-negotiable thus far.
Candidate #2 is also titanium, but this time, carved with a pattern of our choice and then anodized so that the letters show up in a color (mine would look like gold; she wants a light green to match the engagement stone). This was the inspiration (in blue):
It's cheaper, and it'd be made by a local artist who we've met in person. It obviously has nerd chic. (You will be surprised to learn that I am not the one who suggested this design. She picked it out. Didn't know what it *was*, but she still picked it out.) I think the thing that's holding me back is that it's sort of commonplace nerd chic -- lots of people have such rings.
Make a decision for me, computer-addicted masses!