Strata 2 P05690-P00549 Surgical steel ear wires

Surgical steel ear wires

while expressive brushstrokes draw the eye upward to blue skies filled with doves

Brush occasionally with a stiff brush

Torch fired enamel and oxidized Argentium silver is combined in this brooch/pendant

Tabletop is 35"W

Strata 2 P05690-P00549 Surgical steel ear wiresThis painting is part of the artist's Nihonga collection. It was made using the traditional Japanese mineral pigment painting methods; a labor intensive process that involves making water based paints, binders, and glue using natural materials bought in Japan. Mineral pigments, pine soot (sumi), indigo, and oxidized Japanese silver leaf all play their part in this finely veiled, multi layered painting on Kumohadamashi washi paper stretched on hardwood