For this project, I was inspired by Pop Art, specifically Andy Warhol's Flowers paintings. The paintings display four flowers of different colors.
I created four hollow formed flowers of different sizes, using four different metals; copper, brass, sterling silver and nickel silver.
The front pieces of the flowers were etched to give the center details, and the copper and nickel silver flowers were filled with solder inlay. The brass and sterling silver flowers were dipped in liver of sulfur, then sanded away to reveal the blackened center detail. The backplates of the flowers have a hammer texture on them.
The three larger flowers are attached to one another with small copper, leaf-shaped connectors. The silver flower floats above the others with larger connectors. the flowers are attached to a sterling silver chain.
I really enjoyed the process of making the hollow formed pieces. The hard part was soldering the petals together to form the walls. I melted a small hole in the nickel silver piece trying to do this. The front and back pieces wend down with no problem. There are a few places where holes are starting to form as a result of too much filing, so I should have been more careful with clean up. Overall I am very happy with this necklace. My goal was to create something that I would want to wear and I definitely achieved that.
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| original illustrator file |
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| notes and plans |
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| faceplates |
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| backplates |
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| final piece: front |
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| final piece: back |
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