Insect Eggs on Elm Leaf Earrings A164417 Where your heart feels full

Where your heart feels full

freeform branch and leaf design which is enhanced with peg-set

and polished to achieve a clean

This necklace features swags of bright "petals" formed in polymer clay

black walnut hulls and cochineal

Insect Eggs on Elm Leaf Earrings A164417 Where your heart feels fullThis work explores the affects that disease or insects have on the aesthetic quality of plants, and questions objective botanical beauty. Despite looking like intentional adornment of leaves, insect eggs cause damage to the plants surface, so plants have evolved to fight back. Hand fabricated brass leaves are textured and formed with hammers and hand tools, and "colored" with torched firescale, while bright 18k gold granules act as the insect eggs on