From the chunky bangle I last posted, I decided to cut it up and turned it into 2 separate bracelets. Each one with one central focal point (the leaf), simpler and far more comfortable.  As the bangle there was too much going on, and eye wasn’t drawn to any specific area; it was too heavy, both literally and visually.  Now as a movable bracelet, the weight of the leaf is juxtaposed by the flow of its shape. And then again by the delicateness of the chain which completes it. I have used belcher chain, but now that the piece is finished I think I would like to make a more decorative chain. Possibly something that matches the curly curves of the leafs edges’.  I’ll post the pic of the other bracelet as soon as it’s finished.

I used no acids for the cleaning of this piece.Only scrubbed it with a glass brush. And did the repousse using an old piece of pine rather than the pitch.