Kaleid 1

My first brooch was so fun and hectic individually and collectively. So many changes throughout the designing of this piece, where its original design was altered more than five times. I used a technique of riveting to give my piece more of a kinetic feel, because kaleidoscopes have such intricate movement. I wanted to make an edgy simple piece with definition of eye movement and a surprise of color. The base is simple and the form on top is lightly interesting. I used a low resolution option of patina because I fell in love with it shiny and cleaned, but needed to strip away from the usual and work on building great statement pieces with the success and exploration of color on metal designs. My patina was used with vinegar and salt which soaked in coffee for 24 hours and I brushed away the grains of coffee removing most of the color, leaving the piece with oxidized finishes and a light patina color of greens. I have a shiny colorful heavy transparency foil grazed on in the inside of a ring. The surprise of a glimpse of certain colors on the inside of a kaleidoscope.

Finished with crystallized kaleidoscope effect made with resin.