Insect Eggs on Elm Leaf Earrings P08920-P01865 offered in quarter sizes 5–11

offered in quarter sizes 5–11

One side is smooth and has textural elements

ancient civilizations

Signed bottom right

Insect Eggs on Elm Leaf Earrings P08920-P01865 offered in quarter sizes 5–11This work explores the affects that disease or insects have on the aesthetic quality of plants, and questions objective botanical beauty. Despite looking like intentional adornment of leaves, insect eggs cause damage to the plants surface, so plants have evolved to fight back. Hand fabricated brass leaves are textured and formed with hammers and hand tools, and "colored" with torched firescale, while bright 18k gold granules act as the insect eggs on