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"SPINY OYSTER FACES II"

 

A 17" long necklace 
with a sculptural centerpiece 
carved in wax and 
cast in Sterling Silver, 
large Spiny Oyster Shell 
rondelle beads and 
a Sterling Silver toggle clasp.

Sterling Silver Necklace 
with 
Spiny Oyster Shell beads  

 [ Spiny Oyster Faces I is now in a private collection.  
Silver Pendant may differ from the one pictured ]

 

Part of the Silver Collection,
 Spiny Oyster Faces premiered at the Carnegie Museum 
Gem & Mineral Show 2005 
honoring the show theme "Silver".

Helen's latest theme series,
The Silver Faces Collection
 features beautiful carved gems, such as Blue Drusy Chalcedony,
and sculptured Sterling Silver centerpieces,
which she carves by hand in wax
and then casts.
These unique pieces are inspired directly from her sculptural work.

"During a trip to Singapore, Helen explains,
a brief encounter with the gigantic,
age-old, eternal mangrove trees
 left me with strong impressions and
provided the inspiration for a series of sculptures.
The twisted and swirling branches,
tangled, stilt-like roots with turns and kinks,
the large knuckles and rope-like or cable twines,
and the gnarled trunks are the perfect backdrop
for my distorted, often preposterous and exaggerated Faces.
These inflated, rogue faces take the shape of mythological creatures,
 nymphs, people, spirits, masks of the underworld and the living."



Photos by Michael J. Colella

Silverwork cast at Annapolis Precious Metals (APM)

 


 

 
 

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