Wing Contraption Necklace
2013
(Open Studios, Personal Studio)
11" x 2" (widest component) x .75"
sterling silver sheet and wire, fine silver, acrylic (recycled Plexiglas), white moth wing from the temperate rain forest, tourmaline slice, faceted blue
topaz, wire-wrapped labradorite bead, small amounts of commercial chain mixed with handmade chain and findings
acetylene torch silver solder fabrication, sawing, piercing, filing, riveting: cold connection, bezel setting, hammering, texturing, chain and finding making, riveting: cold connections, wire wrapping, patina/oxidation, tumbled finish
