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Published: 2005-06-19 15:36:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 12088; Favourites: 370; Downloads: 2699
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This is in the end a piece of jewellery. But here you'll find highfired porcelain, stone cutting and polishig, shell cutting and polishing, blacksmith techniques, welding, jewellery stone mounting, polishing, etc.Materials:
Garnet (on the lock piece)
Phosphatic porcelain with cobalt oxyde glaze inlay - 1200Β°C (the back-mounted piece)
Seashell - Black Sea
14k gold
Size: ΓΈ=4cm
The sliced seashell is a complex inner structure and this natural architecture has to be protected in a case of metal and ceramic. This is a frozen moment of the elements like a slice of the nature's mineral world. The garnet was crystalized in the planet's fire, the porcelain is sand, clay and oxydes reshaped by extreme fire while the minerals structured in the seashell shape by a living organism are a solid print of the life's forcelines. All these brought together and rearranged through the gold's embrace speak of life, earth, fire, water and air. inside.
Radu Fulga
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Comments: 132
You're very welcome!
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I know just enough of making jewellery to say that you are very talented and it is a gorgeous piece. Love the combination of materials.
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Lovely. Just stunning. Simple but effective. Like it a lot!
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Foarte Bine,
This is amazing, You craftmanship is excellant. Have you sold this piece yet ?
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A long time ago. I wouldn't have it on display here on dA if it wasn't from the past.
Anyway, nobody said anything about selling 'n stuff. This is not advertising to sell things.
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hopefully you did not take offense about my inquiry?
I love art in all forms, and I collect this such as this.
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I think this piece is so beautiful - something I would like to hold and treasure. The fragility of the found object cupped in gold only highlights its precious quality. I also very impressed you managed to set that porcelain like a stone! Well done xx
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at first glance I thought this piece was a tribute to the female genitalia, and a beautiful one at that. I must say I was a tad bit disapointed when I noticed that was not the case...
very well done!
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yup. One could think about it that way.. although it's rather a more mineral-organic thing than a wet, tight, hot... what were we talking about?? Oh.. well it's just going in the zone of architectural studies of structures. I used sections and and different materials structured in such way that the whole concept could come alive and take shape, capturing the concept of inner imprint of life and the universal elements.
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Thats pretty cool, and am I the first person to find the secret copyright logo?
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you must be using Internet Explorer! 
I use that on other images too...
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No, I use firefox, I just saw that the whole picture looked kinda pixelated, and I remembered another picture that had hidden text in it like that.
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n-ai pentru ce, chiar merita
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Gorgeous... I'm taking my first jewelry making and metalworking course and I have a huge appreciation for the amount of workmanship and attention to detail that went into this. I'm absolutely in awe.
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That is so awsome, I would really love to have it, I love shells and the whole cutting one open is really awsome, then you get to admire the inner beauty as well. I was amazed how the shell is outlined in gold, looks simply stunning!
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a breathtaking, well put together piece. congratulations on the daily dev.
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Beautiful and unique! Great job with this piece.
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I would be a lot more impressed if you made that shell with your own two hands.
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Thanks!!
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holy $&%! that is amazing. when I first glanced at it in the thumbnail, I thought it was a watch, and then I saw the seashell. the shape is so balanced and peaceful I can almost hear the ocean! I love it.
you win.
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...I have to ask...do you sell any of your pieces on a website or shop?
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no. until 2004 I used to sell objects in art galleries, but not anymore. I work bigger objects now specificaly designed for their future place. So this is kinda request only work.
(Peple have asked this before.. try to browse into the eralier comments I replied several times..)
Thank you !
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whoops...sorry 
..congrats again on your DD! it is well deserved
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I don't think I've ever seen anything so lovely...
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I don't think I've ever seen anything so lovely...
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Stunning! A medley of crafts here, all of which blend together into a beautiful piece.
I really like how well the seashell is blended into the piece, it adds a very interesting "personality" to it.
Awesome work!
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That's really cool, very... exquisite! Great idea!
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hehe
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(the feature, that is).. well desurved...
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