The Bound Figure Ring is a sculpted ring in 925 sterling silver carrying a human figure with its wrists bound in chains. The body is carved in the round with the muscles and folds of the torso worked individually, the arms drawn together in front, and the chain links cut as separate pieces of metal running from wrists to band.The links are the detail that carries the piece: they are modeled as real chain rather than engraved as a pattern, so the restraint reads as physical. The figure stands for endurance under constraint rather than defeat by it, worn as a symbol rather than as a religious piece.
