Gem Art Center... Gem Sculpture by Helen Serras-Herman

"CORAL TOTEM"

[Now in Private Collection]

A 24" long necklace with a
sculptural center piece,
carved in wax and
cast in Sterling Silver,
large free-form graduated in size
natural Mediterranean Red Coral beads,
and a Sterling Silver toggle clasp.

Sterling Silver Necklace
Red Mediterranean Coral

This necklace is part of the "Silver Collection",
which premiered at the
Carnegie Museum Gem & Mineral Show
in November of 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 M.J. Colella

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