In 1989, a finely-wrought copper Saxon ring was unearthed in the village of Wedmore, Somerset. The ring's origins are a mystery: although Wedmore was a site of special significance to King Alfred, no other item of Saxon jewellery has ever been found there. All we know is that it was the custom of Saxon kings to reward their most beloved companions with such a ring.

In the same village, over a thousand years later, goldsmith and jeweller Erica Sharpe is recreating the ring in the same way as the original using two pieces of wire. The gold is alloyed, drawn into the correct profile, knotted and woven into the elegant pattern, and forged to make the finishing twist. All that holds the ring together is the tension and pattern of the knotwork.