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June 17, 2009
Swamplings and Shroomlings II by ~Lykaios. About this intriguingly beautiful ring, the suggester said, "~Lykaios has made a beautiful piece of wearable sculpture from an unlikely subject. She adeptly displays several metal-working skills including forging, casting, granulation, and stone-setting to create a fine example of sculpture and art jewelry." The larger stone on the left is a smokey quartz and the smaller stone on the right is a tsavorite (green garnet). This one just begs to be seen in fullview!
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Swamplings and Shroomlings II

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Second photo of original. Yes yes, the peg is still in there. I'll PS it later. I forgot to mention liver of sulphur was used to achieve the darker brown areas.


Edit: I would like to make note here that despite the suggester's AWESOME praise, there is actually no casting involved in this piece. It's completely forged, except the granulations, which were melted on a charcoal block and the tips of the wire (long mushrooms) which were melted by the torch.


Edit edit: I will take this time now to hoar myself out and say that yes, I DO do commissions (srs inquires only please) but at the moment am on summer vacation from school and have limited equipment. Thanks!


Photo by Tom Ferrero ([link])
Image size
2592x1944px 1.68 MB
Make
NIKON
Model
S1
Shutter Speed
10/600 second
Aperture
F/4.0
Focal Length
10 mm
ISO Speed
50
Date Taken
Mar 11, 2009, 2:52:10 PM
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This is so neat! Graceful and mushroom-y decay all together!