Skeletal Metal
Pretty much anyone can fashion themselves as a designer these days. A little creativity and someone to make a website for you, and you’re all set (and to think, I just read an article about how the “creative class” is dying). So why should a surgeon be any different?
That’s where jewelry newcomer, Skeletal Metal was born. Yup, in the operating room. In the midst of setting a patient’s broken bone, the doctors who created this unique take on a jewelry line realized that the reconstruction plates they were bending to various shapes would make a pretty interesting ring. One of the doctors starting wearing his ring on a daily basis, and after being questioned right and left about where he got it, he decided there just might be something to this jewelry biz.
Despite the arguably creepy intended use of the metal, the jewelry line offers simple, clean lines that would appeal to most contemporary jewelry fans. So far, the company offers rings, bracelets, and earrings. Their website also lists a new line that’s supposed to be born in the near future. They’ve also got a rather impressive collection of x-ray imagery (as above) that shows off the jewelry next to its originally intended purpose.
