Chapter 3 - Ruptured

Ruptured:

Figure 14 – van der Linden, A., (2019)
Ruptured, Brooch, Sterling Silver

This prototype was constructed using sterling silver. Figure 14

RupturedBranches, broken, bare
Pods withered, wrinkled in time
Ruptured to reveal

A dormant cavity
Barren, empty and forlorn
Lacking produce

For this piece, I did not use the copper gooseberry prototypes that I made beforehand; instead, I made new gooseberry pods in sterling silver as I was curious to see if sterling silver would make as good pods as copper. To my advantage, reticulation occurred when I applied too much heat to the thin gooseberry pods creating a withered appearance on the pod surfaces.