Pinky Promise

Molly Ensor, a Miami junior, is studying Art Education with a minor in Studio Art. She works mainly with metal and ceramics, and her artwork titled Pinky Promise takes the shape of a bronze ring.

“A pinky promise, or pinky swear, may seem childish, but that’s what’s so great about it,” Ensor states. Children, she says, are genuine and honest, and the pain of a broken promise does not hurt as deep. The ring itself is representative of a promise made, and the two nickel loops refer to the two people involved in the commitment made.

The ring itself was a long-term work of love, one that required the usage of the lost wax method. Ensor and her professor worked diligently, “hand carving a block of wax, supporting the form with sprues, encasing it in plaster, burning it out in the kiln, then infusing the mold with molten metal.”