The 6th Annual Maker's Competition is all about Pope Joan, the legend of the 10th Century genderqueering, female 2 male presenting lady who ascended to the papalcy in medieval Europe, a righteous babe if ever there were.

WINNER: DMD

The Uterian Pyre, a funerary boat held in place by a ring-shank-as-uterus. Handmade in 18k gold, sterling, with a rose cut diamond to represent Pope Joan’s journey as Iones in life & Ioannes in death. By DMD.

The Ipso Facto. A late 9th Century coin signature not recorded by the Vatican, made into an heirloom for the man who, according to legend, woulda been Pope Joan’s baby daddy. By Ali Munn.

A mustard seed set under quartz framed by black diamonds & gold. It’s Jesus’ parable about the tiniest mustard seed growing into the biggest tree, but applied to the Catholic tradition’s only legend about a woman in power. By Shipwreck.

Omniscient Ioanna, a reliquary made from fractured native quartz opening to reveal a secret chamber with the eye of providence. Because in the eyes of a higher power, even if our mortal identities are splintered & uncertain, we are one & all the same. By Fiat Lux.

The Septimus Sapphire, a color change sapphire in 18k gold to represent the different ways that Pope Joan self-expressed. By Digby & Iona.

Nor Hell a Fury, our 5th Annual Maker’s Competition in honor of 14th Century French pirate Jeanne de Clisson, the real Godmother of Girlpower.

WINNER: ALI MUNN

A poison ring with a hidden ship/skull/message honoring the 14th century pirate and all around total badass woman Jeanne de Clisson. By Ali Munn.

A poison ring whose poison box, held between two lions, celebrates the color of the sea in its center green diamond, made in vintage 10k gold and intended for Le Blois, her husband’s cowardly murderer, her raison d’etre. By Shipwreck.

A clean diamond ring in 14k yellow gold, embedded into an elongated knife, a short, choppy little sword. With an oval grey diamond as center, a ring to recall both how Jeanne was widowed & how she’d exact her revenge. By Daisy San Luis.

A giant morganite tear, a symbol of the pain that both Jeanne & the French King would have to endure. Turned over, the ring reveals a secret weapon, a tiny dagger, because two decades of inflicting pain on the English Channel is a lot & one can never have too many tricks ups one’s rings. By Acanthus.

A quartz mirror in sterling silver & brass, a ring in the shape of a crown with ruby blood droplets pooling at the bottom & surrounded by death’s heads. By Mother of Gideon.

A stacking set in triptych, a bishop’s hand for de Blois, a set of three tiny skulls for Jeanne's three pirate ships & a lion savaging the sea, Jeanne herself. We imagine this to commemorate her time at sea, a clear nod to her past once she’d moved on. By DMD.

In 14k rose gold, black silver & black coral. We imagine it was gifted to Jeanne by Poseidon who, unclear if she was friend or foe, had pulled it from the depths of a dark cold ocean on the day she quit the piracy, so to have a memory of her time at sea. By Luana Coonen

A guillotine ring with a moveable blade in the shape of the Eye of Providence. By Margaret Cross

A symbol of Jeanne de Clisson’s fierce love and fury. Two hands clasped, hers holding a white gold flame glimmering with baguettes and round diamonds, the inside inscription reads ‘Hold Fast True’ surrounded by the bonds of hand engraved rope; the other hand keeps a circle of black diamonds and a ruby compass; together they complete their love story. By Daisy San Luis.

Trash, our 4th Annual Maker’s Competition, each killer entry built by hand around the concept of trashy jewelry. From cocaine nails to orgies, even a glove, it’s tongue in cheek slash oddball collectibles bizarroworld this year.

WINNER: DAISY SAN LUIS

When ish gets raw you don't need just a nail, you need a glove, in brass, tipped with a nail so it doesn't break when you cut, then embedded with diamonds. By Daisy San Luis.

Truly you have not lived until you've snorted Ritalin off an 18k gold party nail midi ring with BYE FELICIA hand engraved into it, dotted with diamonds. By Digby & Iona.

A pinky press on in pure platinum with such a high mirror polish that it's basically a party night selfie cam, with a hidden diamond & straight tipped for smooth cutting - fancy AF all around. By Claire Kinder.

Yes that's a diamond in her vagina.

Get 'em did. Pointer finger by Fiat Lux, middle finger by Digby & Iona.

Memento Mori, the 3rd Fiat Lux Annual Maker's Competition.

WINNER: FIAT LUX

A 2ct custom coffin cut white sapphire in 18k yellow gold with a woman, a skeleton, and a devil, symbols for birth, death, the afterlife engraved into the band & ruby pavé underneath the sapphire. By Fiat Lux.

A solid gold & ruby snake wrapping around & through a 14k skull with a diamond for her pirate eye - a reminder of original sin & our final state. By Amanda Hunt

A beautiful tetrahedric urn, whose bezel set golden rutilated Quartz can be removed in order to put your loved ones' remains inside, in solid gold on a slight gold chain. By Claire Kinder.

In bone, sapphire, garnet & pearl, winged like the Great Reaper, worn close to the heart. By Mother of Gideon.

In sterling silver & 14k gold & diamonds - a hand engraved reminder that death comes quick, like a hammer. By Daisy San Luis

An ode to the window of the soul of the most quiet companion, a cat's eye in oil paint under a Quartz lens in 18k yellow gold with four satellite diamonds.

By Nick Potash.

A knives out bloody Valentine party for our 2nd Annual Maker's Competition.

WINNER: NICK POTASH

Daydreamin'. One day you’ll be in the ditch, flies buzzin around your eyes, so sings the Bard. Sterling silver fold out hand engraved front & back, both sides of the blade hand etched with a quote and carved brass accents. By Nick Potash.

San Quentin Shiv. For when the Reaper comes. Hand etched into bronze, black diamond eyes & a cast-in-place Persian blade hand carved from an old jeweler's file. By Fiat Lux.

A Warrior Pira, whose handle is a hand clutching a snake with diamond eyes, hand carved from brass, blackened then engraved. And, yes, that's a nickel. By Daisy San Luis.

Space Odyssey. Inlay onyx & quartz over mother of pearl and a small, sharp steel blade. Shimmers, like that knife you take with you when you & Bowie blast off into space.

Persian Suicide. If there's a way to die by your own hand, this is it. Hand engraved sterling silver with rubies in a peppered rose gold hilt & 18k yellow gold accents.

Maori Spear. A sterling silver Maori Spear studded with two diamonds on a hinged hilt made from 18k yellow gold peppered with little diamonds – held between the fingers for maximum damage. By Lauren Wolf.

A heavy brass viper bracelet whose hilt is the snake’s head, hiding a thin curved steel scepter inside his body to keep your secrets safe. By Digby & Iona

Make a ring, any ring, with black diamonds for our 1st Annual Maker's Competition.

WINNER: DIGBY & IONA

By Digby & Iona.

By Elizabeth Street.

By Mother of Gideon.

By Nick Potash.

By Daisy San Luis.