Metal plate's new role
Grey Lynner Clem Zlami made a ring out of the metal plate used to fix his collarbone after an accident at Turoa skifield in 2015. He posted about it online and within days half a million people had viewed his personal work of art. "The metal plate [pictured] would hold my collarbone together while it healed," he says.
One year later the surgeon unscrewed the metal from his bone and before going under the knife he asked the surgeon if he could keep the metal. "I showed my [bad] ring design to some engineers who are way smarter than me and have access to a laser welder," he says.
Inside the ring is a self-directive to take it easy - Don't F*** Up reads the inscription. "I've had a tendency to break myself in the past," admits Zlami. "So the ring was a little reminder, an effort to buck the trend and save me from adding to my library of X-rays. It's also cool to see that it's inspired others to make things out of their metalwork. I just hope there aren't too many people hassling their surgeons now!" More picture here.
