Scarab Pectoral

This piece is my favorite I've made so far. It's a period piece based off of Egyptian pectorals(large chest pieces). The scarab body is a hollow form, which was really not easy with the repoussed front. The legs are hammer textured and the wings are chemically etched and sawn out. The scarab itself is copper and the wings are brass. The scarab rests his feet on a silver disk and holds aloft a bezel set bloodstone in silver. The cording is a silk strip and is held to the piece by silver wire endings. One of the endings is an open hook and is the clasp for the necklace.

Swimming with Stingrays

This is a narrative double sided piece I made for class. It tells the story of the time I swam with stingrays while on a trip with my family. I used copper and brass for the exterior. The stingray side was hand repoussed and textured with a hammer. The other side shows the silhouette of a woman standing in the water with a silver stingray immersed in blue resin behind her. The chain connecting the two metal pieces is the clasp. I really love how this piece turned out, just like my drawing.