Pretty Pest
Carolyn A Buss
2012
Sterling silver, stainless steel, fishing line
Carolyn A Buss
2012
Sterling silver, stainless steel, fishing line
Dahlia is 3” diameter, sterling silver, pierced and sawn by hand with a 6/0 saw blade. The earwig is nine separate pieces, each leg and antennae are separate pieces. The body and legs of the earwig are made using a technique called chasing and repousse by which the artist uses pitch, a chasing hammer and chasing tools to sort of push and pull the metal into complicated or simple shapes not possible using other methods. Antennae were filed by hand and soldered on. Legs are chased and attached in the underside of the earwig through tiny jump rings with tiny tube and fishing line. It is a brooch with a double pin on the back.
