Valley of the Shadow
Brooch, 2020.
Sterling silver, vitreous enamel, gold.
Hand painted, torch fired, hand fabricated.
This piece is one of a full collection of works journaling my experience of the coronavirus pandemic alone.
Sterling silver, original poem, vitreous enamel, steel, 24k gold; hand painted, torch fired, hand fabricated. 2.75” x .75”. I painted the image using powdered glass and water and then heated it with a torch to fuse it to steel. I intended the image to look as though an old snapshot from long-ago travels – a memory – so I added scratches and areas of “overexposure” and blur.
The inscribed original poem reads:
She looks up.
I am still.
She pauses.
I want to wave.
I want to know
I am not a ghost.
Read the poem in its entirety here.
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