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| Transparent and opalescent enamels over fine silver, onglaze paints, sterling silver, amethyst, quartz. |
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| everything as COLD as silence Part of the lyrics (below) written on the inside of the piece |
| Scarred Your back was turned Curled like an embryo Take another face You will be kissed again I was cold as I mouthed the words And crawled across the mirror I wait Await the next breath Your name Like ice into my heart | A shallow grave A monument to the ruined age Ice in my eyes And eyes like ice don't move Screaming at the moon Another past time Your name Like ice into my heart | Everything as cold as life Can no one save you? Everything As cold as silence And you never say a word Your name Like ice into my heart Your name Like ice into my heart |
For this piece I worked over silver, even though I most commonly work over copper, since I wanted to work with very cool hues for obvious reasons, and I also wanted to preserve the reflection of the metal below.
The following are a few work in progress pictures and explanations. The pictures can be clicked to enlarge:
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| Working from a photoshopping I did years ago, sketching, choosing enamel colours and stones. |
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| Shaping the silver base over plasticine. |
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| First two (three) layers. First I enamelled the back and then the front with silver flux. Here after firing a layer of purple enamel for the hair. |
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| Here showing the opalescence, changing with the angle. This has about 15 layers (firings). |
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| The system to hang the quartz needles from, and tube rivets for a cold connexion of the enamel, fabricated in sterling silver. |
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| I had to drill these natural quartz crystals that I have had for many years, with diamond bits. Quartz is very hard, this long job was very hard on my wrists! |
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| I was happy to see the little prisms diffracting the light! |
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| After painting details with onglaze oil paints, another 4 firings. |
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| Lettering on the inside, also done with onglaze oil paints. |
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| Finished! |
