How to make a birch bark ring

How to make a birch bark ring, a dollar bill ring and an orgami Peace Symbol ring . . .

So you want to make a wood ring . . . .

David is often asked for instructions on how he crafts his wooden rings since they are not carved and they are not horizontally laminated slices. We appreciate the interest, however due to time constraints we can not answer individual inquiries regarding David's ring making process.

For the time being, we offer a few links to some sweet and simple methods of crafting rings from birch bark and paper, as well as the old depression era craft of creating a ring from a dollar bill.

These will only make temporary rings of course, but they are fun to make and their presentation would no doubt be memorable and romantic.

Create an origami Peace Symbol Ring by Jeremy Shafer (very cool)

Create a finger ring from a dollar bill - this example uses an American dollar bill but the instructions could be used to create a ring with any piece of paper the size of a bill. Hand made paper, magazine pages or even a child's art work could be used to make some really lovely rings.

A simple starter project for making a wooden ring from a pen blank.

A simple method of constructing a ring from birch bark. The sketch is fairly self explanatory.

There is a very old Finnish tradition of becoming engaged with a birch bark ring! This traditional Finnish song was sent to us by a fellow in the USA who ordered one of our birch and birch bark rings for his fiancee.

Tuohinen sormus

Heisuli hei, minun lauluni soi, oonhan kulkuri huoleton hulivili!

Viimeiset lanttinsa taa poika joi, eihan rikkaana elaa voi.

Mina tuohesta kultaisen sormuksen tein,silla kihlaan heilin itsellein.

Tama tuohinen sormus ja lempeni vaan, kestaa yhden illan kerrallaan.

Here is the 'rough translation' of the song he offered us.

Heisuli hei, my song sings, I am a trouble free vagabond rascal!

This boy drank his last coins, one cannot live rich.

I made a golden ring out of birch bark, I will engage a girl for myself.

This birch bark ring and my love lasts one night at a time.