Pin by Sam Patania
My, inspiration for this piece was the large citrine and the Tucson summer sun. This citrine is about 30 by 22mm and had to be the centerpiece of what ever it was in. The Tucson summer sun is also very large and any Tucsonan lives from air conditioned area to air conditioned area. Or under a rock.
The sterling elements were made on a set of dies that my grandfather had made in the 1940’s or 1950’s. I had to clean them up and learn how to use them. I have many tools that he and my dad either had made or bought over the years. Learning to use the tools is always a challenge because I don’t have anyone who has used them before to teach me. Working the elements into my designs is another challenge. The elements influence my designing so for me the tools and techniques often drive my work. For this pin both the stone and die formed elements were available to me and I combined them into something that I like.
I will be doing more sun variations in the future, maybe I’ll wait until summer.
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