An open bypass ring in gold-plated brass terminates at both ends with a pavé cubic zirconia leopard head — each head detailed, its spots suggested by the CZ setting pattern, the two ends meeting without closing. The bypass form is the appropriate structure for a figurative end: it presents the leopard heads face-forward, at the width of the finger, with the open gap between them that keeps the structure from reading as a full band. A ring where the choice of subject — the leopard — and the choice of form — the bypass — are part of the same decision: movement, power, and an open end.