Pinball Bagatelle game Ring.

I made this in response to the March 2011 EtsyMetal monthly themed challenge, "Kinetic" (watch the etsymetal blog in the first week of April, to see how other participants responded).
I've been wanting to make something inspired by an old, pressed tin Bagatelle game that I own. I also live not too far from a museum of fairground and steam heritage, "Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre" where there are lots of penny-slot games and pinballs of different eras...I love them all, so here is my response to the challenge; "Kinetic" Pinball Ring Game. There are 3 holes in the tin game deck surrounded by raised 'stops' that score you either 1, 3 or 5 points. Made in sterling Silver, Precious metal clay, bronze, reclaimed tins, perspex, ghesso, paint, ballbearing, steel spring, constructed, molded, carved, embossed.

It was a challenge to make, it all had to be constructed and fitted together in the right order and planned more carefully than I would normally, but it all worked out ok. If I made it again, then I would design a far more elaborate exterior with etched fairground-style writing all over it, but I didn't do that this time, because I wanted the focus to be on the interior of the game, with a burst of fairground-style elaborateness in the ring band instead and just accents of colour. It plays well (the spring was from inside a pen) but it's actually incredibly difficult to get the balls into the holes...I think this game would get the wearer completely wound-up!....here is the video to show its movement;