To the Next Hex P07988-P00069 Springring clasp

Springring clasp

Textured sterling silver details encircle colorful circles of hand-woven Japanese glass beads

and drawn images are recombined into a new metaphorical context

Built from fused glass on a slump mold and displaying a lively pattern of swirls and linework in hues of gold and brown over a base of white

To the Next Hex P07988-P00069 Springring claspCreated by Tim Forcade from a composite of 15 overlapping photographs of a still life set in his studio. He used a compound camera he assembled that works much like a precision view camera joined with a high resolution digital camera. The fact that the camera body moves independently of the lens makes this compositing process possible. Forcade used the composite as a starting point in subsequent steps that involved composition, collage, and painting