Star and Moon Pendant copper and silver

Description

Small pendant with a copper star over an old bone game counter. The star has silver wire melted onto the surface. This is one of my first experiments with fusing silver wire onto metal surfaces using only heat. The bone counter came from my local antique and collectors market, a bag of died red counters of different sizes, I've bleached this one back to it's natural colour. The star is fixed to the bone counter by means of a handmade pin of copper wire, which is coiled into the hanging loop for the pendant at the back. The pendant hangs from a very fine red leather thong with a copper lobster claw fastener. The overall length is approximately 16".

Inspiration

I have always been fascinated by metal and how it changes with time, heat and weather. I've experimented with melting metals into each other and found that silver wire is easiest to melt onto copper and brass as it has a lower melting point than either. I like the random nature of these pieces, the melting of the silver is never quite under control and unexpected effects are created which can be quite marvellous.

Shipping & delivery

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