Lenses or Recycled Parts?

I am beginning a new series of work which so far has two pieces in it.  They have two major things in common.  Both have lenses and both lenses are from old cameras.  I am not sure yet whether the series will continue down the path of recycled camera parts or will stay purely to using lenses.  Either way, I really like this new ring.  It is made of silver and copper, with what looks like a 2x magnified lens on top.  The lens sits above a lump of metal that I alloyed from silver and copper.  It’s close to 50/50 split and looks similar to gold or brass.

A friend of mine just gave me an old slide projector to take apart.  There are some beautiful and quite huge lenses in it and I can’t wait to make something with them!  I am definitely going to continue on with the chainmaille work and combining it with my industrial style.  Maybe it can be incorporated into this new camera parts/lenses look as well.  Only time will tell.  Cliche I know, but I like it.

-Brandon