Phoenix Rising Necklace
by Zoraida.
(Patchogue, New York USA)
I’ve been on an etching trip for a while now. I keep thinking of images I find meaningful and beautiful and trying to draw them onto metal.
This Phoenix Rising from the Ashes is a favorite image I keep in the back of my mind when life gets difficult. I drew it directly onto a piece of brass I cut out of sheet metal. I surrounded it with wire wrapped, red jade beads.
The beads are actually wrapped in bronze wire as well as the chain links and clasp. The the spiral links are copper. You can barely see the difference in color among the different metals which is what I wanted. I just happened to have these available from other projects and was too lazy to redo those elements.
Zoraida
