"Fly No Strings Attached" Metal Clay Bead
Materials: 999/1000 fine silver (PMC3), Faux Bone (a plastic material, a specific schedule of PVC), copper wire and sheet.
Techniques used include:
PMC3: extruded, formed over a non-combustible core, dry "box construction" textured (back), sanded, fired, riveted, oxidized, polished.
Faux Bone: hand-sawed, drilled, carved, sanded, heat formed, stained, polished, riveted.
Year made: April 2008
Dimensions:
Height metal clay piece: 5.2 cm
Full height (wires included): approx. 12.5 cm
Depth: approx. 1.3 cm at the center
Photos by the artist.
"Fly No Strings Attached" Metal Clay Bead
Materials: 999/1000 fine silver (PMC3), Faux Bone (a plastic material, a specific schedule of PVC), copper wire and sheet.
Techniques used include:
PMC3: extruded, formed over a non-combustible core, dry "box construction" textured (back), sanded, fired, riveted, oxidized, polished.
Faux Bone: hand-sawed, drilled, carved, sanded, heat formed, stained, polished, riveted.
Year made: April 2008
Dimensions:
Height metal clay piece: 5.2 cm
Full height (wires included): approx. 12.5 cm
Depth: approx. 1.3 cm at the center
Photos by the artist.
