Lee's picture of Elves forging a ring puzzled me. There are three foreground figures, two of them male, one of the male Elves operating a bellows and the other apparently holding tongs. But the third figure is an Elf-woman, which in itself seemed out of place since Tolkien refers to the Elf-smiths as a "brotherhood" and never refers to Elf-women being involved in such crafts, certainly not in the production of rings. Also, if she is supposed to be a smith, she isn't dressed as one but rather in a flowing robe. Then also I wondered what Lee thought she was doing, her right hand extended over the glowing coals in which lies... a very large ring indeed, so that (if the irreverence is pardonable) it looks like she is perhaps sprinkling a pinch of salt on a jumbo bagel.
There's a fourth figure, also female, who, apart from context, might be thought to be grating a clove of garlic or the like.
So as I say it's a puzzling picture.
... Alright - took a look at the painting - not Galadriel. I'm not sure I would be wearing that much flapping material (cloak, robe, sleeves etc) while working around an open flame like that. Crispy/singed elf is bound to happen if they work like that.
