The Ring of the Sand Meeting the Sea and the Sky

The Ring of the Sand Meeting the Sea and the Sky, also known as Basseterre’s Paw, is the second ring of the fifth cycle of the series This Too Shall Break. This ring is rooted in the place where land, water, and sky converge, a sacred threshold that has witnessed the origins of life, movement, and breath. It reflects the moment of arrival and departure, of learning to stand, of belonging and transition. Where sand, sea, and sky dissolve into one another, identity softens, boundaries fade, and home emerges not as a fixed point but as a living convergence. This ring holds that truth of unity, of one land, one voice, and one shared origin.

The ring is conceived as a vessel for primal elements, balancing contrast and continuity within its form. Referred to as the paw, it gathers experience, presence, and potential into a single object, past, present, and future bound together in an ongoing cycle. The ring embodies comfort and growth, seeking and becoming, life and spirit held in equilibrium. Its form invites what is given to it, carrying joy, sadness, and the unseen weight of lived moments, asking only that it remain in motion through time and care.

This Too Shall Break is a series of thirteen cycles of thirteen stone rings. The project brings our idea of stone sculpture as large immutable things only to be shared in museums and public spaces down to earth. Each ring is small, delicate, and personal. It is a piece of wearable art which requires mindfulness for the wearer, changing the relationship between collector and art. These rings are not meant to be owned, but to be experienced, to grow with, and to take care of.