Transparent Horse

This Brooch is an exploration of transparency and layering to re-structure the imagery of a horse and the qualitative immateriality of resin, silver, and acrylic. Transparent Horse is my exploration of values, plastic with silver, acrylic, with sapphires image with object.

I used a model horse that I had played with as a child, to create a polystyrene tray mold and dispersed dyes through epoxy resin mixtures to create a jewel tone transparent marbled plate. Mirrored acrylic controls the interplay of light and fabricated silver sandwiched between epoxy and acrylic layers, with capping pins of silver inset with blue sapphires. Plastic, Silver, and Sapphires create an inter sectional material study that is my exploration of image and memory.