Thanks to his participation in the Stone Arch Bridge Festival, Ringelstetter was offered a project by one of the sponsors, Polaris, and they sent over a helmet to have Ringelstetter revamp in his image. He had been working with an alien/tribal style, which he used as inspiration for this helmet. The gig didn’t pay, but it did pay off by landing Ringelstetter a better spot in the show for the following years to come and added recognition to his artwork.
Darienne Keniece