Octopus Garden
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with design notes by the artistAll Images by blinkPHOTO.
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“Octopus Garden" was inspired by the 200 gallon salt water reef tank in the artist's studio. |
"My goal was for the box to look like a rough rock encrusted with coral and sea life, in contrast to the graceful fluidity of the octopus. |
The fine silver octopus was entirely hand sculpted using ArtClay 650 Slow Dry metal clay. I made use of photographs to make my sculpture more accurate, and learned that octopuses have eyes like goats. They can be vibrantly colored, though I chose to highlight the silver instead. All the textures and features on the octopus were created by me— no commercial molds or findings were used. |
The matching earrings are tentacles holding black pearls, suspended from hand-made ear wires. Their large, marquise cut, 16x8mm clear czs represent sparkly water. |