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The Lyre Ring is named after a stringed instrument whose history reaches back to the ancient Greeks. The shape of this ring owes much to a lyre’s bodacious curved form, with a handmade glass or solid sterling silver bead slung across the finger in a kinetic setting.   Every Octave piece is thoughtfully handmade, and the Lyre is no exception. The base (and the sterling bead) was initially carved in hard wax, before being made into a mold and cast in solid sterling silver using the lost wax casting method.   Each glass bead is made at a tabletop torch using a technique called lampworking or flameworking. Each glass color comes in a solid rod, and is melted, stretched, and...