Forget me Knot – about rings and their materials

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Using corporal ornaments, on or under the skin, dates back to ancient times. Made by our most distant ancestors, such ornaments are the result of joint knowledge belonging to various orders – material and immaterial. To execute them, they had to know the symbolic meanings of the raw materials and the techniques to be used, and the ways to perform them. This article looks closely at the ring Forget Me Knot, created in 2012 by the Israeli artist and designer Sruli Recht, and presents one of the possible ways to reflect about this piece.