This ring tried to kick my ass

I had a brainstorm several days ago to create this ring. The idea came in a flash so I immediately set to work thinking that it would only take me a few hours at most. I was wrong, for several reasons. The biggest reason of all is that I pretty much still have no idea what I am doing. I understand the mechanics of it all but have zero formal training so it's a bit like teaching myself how to ballroom dance by watching videos on Youtube. I can do it but I'm klutzy and slow and THANK GOD(!) no one is watching me.
I am so pleased with the outcome, however, that all my struggling and cursing was quickly forgotten.

It all started with this large stoneware disk bead that I made a little while ago. The green glaze was screaming "I need to be paired with copper!!!!" so I thought it best to listen to it.

I cut a freeform piece of copper and hammered a nice texture on it. A sterling silver tube was soldered in the center and sawed in fours to become a star rivet which holds the disk in place quite nicely.

This was the tricky part. I wanted to float the copper, which was now dapped somewhat into a bowl shape, on a piece of sterling. I wanted sterling to be the metal that touches the skin so as to avoid that whole pesky green finger problem that copper causes.

After several attempts I was finally successful and managed to create the layered look I was hoping for. You can kind of see it in the photo above - all the layers doing their own thing.
I finished the piece with a chunky sterling band. Ta-da!
I love it and probably won't take it off any time soon. It is huge and will double nicely as a means of self-defense if necessary. :)