CANDLES AND GHOSTS

I’m nearing completion of this piece- it now has a name: “The Evening Star.”

The first and second photos show the piece closed and open-

And here you can get a good detail view on the inside bottom and top-

I worked on the bottom much like the top, using black glass beads, and silver micro beads embedded under the resin, but I’ve also added very small pocket watch hands around the tintype.  I also riveted a piece of weathered brass on top of the lid which I think looks much like the peephole windows on a (space) ship.  In the last image, you can get a much better idea of how the micro beads are embedded.  Next, its on to making the chain- I’m thinking of using these great black glass ring beads that I picked up this weekend at a flea market.  We’ll see.

You can see this piece from the beginning here.

-M

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