Worry Ring

Worry Ring is a slim sterling silver band, hand-textured on both the interior and exterior, with alternating large and small polished granulations set along its circumference. The granulated surface is designed to be handled: twisted, rotated, and repeatedly touched, allowing the ring to accrue wear through use.  

The piece translates anxiety into ritualised movement. Drawing on the gesture of worrying – a repetitive, grounding action often performed without conscious intent – the ring functions as both object and instruction, guiding the body into habitual touch. Polished granulations become sites of erosion, registering repetition as both comfort and compulsion.  

Within Holding Pattern, Worry Ring shifts the collection’s exploration of devotion toward habit and nervous ritual. Where Galatea collapses distance through intimate encounter, Worry Ring sustains orientation through repetition, offering touch as a temporary anchor within disorientation.