I love ring magnets for sculpting interesting magnetic designs. We're all so used to round magnets, or square magnets, that ring magnets are extra eye-catching. I like to feature their unusual shape whenever I make a hanging magnetic design.

A lot of people prefer sculpting their rare earth magnets into representational shapes, like dogs, cats, or people. I started out by creating sculptures like these. I would make small sculptures for people as gifts. For instance, I might sculpt a little metallic man swinging a golf club for my dad for Father's Day. Over the last few months, however, I have really gotten into creating non-representational, geometric designs.

Ring Magnets for Hanging Sculptures

I always use NIB magnets when I am creating hanging sculptures, because they're so incredibly strong. NIBs are my favorite rare earth magnets. They are both lighter and cheaper than Samarium Cobalt magnets. Rare earth ring magnets are super powerful, very durable, and extremely pretty.

I made a bunch of NIB hanging sculptures in cool geometric patterns last year, and gave them out as Christmas ornaments. If you are creative, there is a lot you can do with NIBs as a hobby. I even enjoy just having a little pile of unstructured NIB magnets around, to play with when I am bored. Changing their shapes is endlessly entertaining, and is a great stress reliever, I find.