One of a kind.
Created ca. 1992.
Part of my Ship of Transition series of designs. A larger brooch in the series was featured on the cover of Metalsmith Magazine’s 1994 Exhibition in Print as shown in last image below.
Made with:
A sterling silver armature I created by soldering individual hand-shaped sterling arcs to a hand-shaped plate of sterling silver.
Late 19th century Venetian glass beads in a beautiful shade of red. These are some of the tiniest glass beads ever made, and I stitched them with an antique lace needle almost as fine as a human hair - and about six inches long. I wrapped the beads around each rung, then sealed them with a very fine coatingnof epoxy resin.
Two 14 karat yellow tie tack posts.
Two gilt nickel silver tie tack backs.
Weight:
Lightweight.
Dimensions:
3 3/4” long x 5/8” wide x 1/2” deep not including tie tack prongs/backs.
Additional Information:
The back of the brooch is signed with my name and “.925.”
One of a kind.
Created ca. 1992.
Part of my Ship of Transition series of designs. A larger brooch in the series was featured on the cover of Metalsmith Magazine’s 1994 Exhibition in Print as shown in last image below.
Made with:
A sterling silver armature I created by soldering individual hand-shaped sterling arcs to a hand-shaped plate of sterling silver.
Late 19th century Venetian glass beads in a beautiful shade of red. These are some of the tiniest glass beads ever made, and I stitched them with an antique lace needle almost as fine as a human hair - and about six inches long. I wrapped the beads around each rung, then sealed them with a very fine coatingnof epoxy resin.
Two 14 karat yellow tie tack posts.
Two gilt nickel silver tie tack backs.
Weight:
Lightweight.
Dimensions:
3 3/4” long x 5/8” wide x 1/2” deep not including tie tack prongs/backs.
Additional Information:
The back of the brooch is signed with my name and “.925.”
