SavvyCrane - Medium Product:Large There is a petite faceted

There is a petite faceted round emerald set in 18K gold attached to the opal's bezel

Gold-filled ear wire

Each is hand made out of thin strands of stoneware clay pressed together to form the permanent nest

The unique crinkle finish is achieved by first fusing layers of Argentium silver dust onto the formed Argentium flower

lending this piece a sense of heightened reality

SavvyCrane - Medium Product:Large There is a petite facetedThe artist uses her camera as the starting point in the construction of visual stories. Landscape, studio photographs, and scans are layered and combined into a new metaphorical context. Each print is a first generation work, made by the artist using archival pigment inks onto fine art paper. SavvyCrane is part of a series titled "Adaptations", which celebrates the presence of durable undomesticated animals and birds within the cultivated environments