BRAZILIAN SODALITE & 24CT PALLADIUM-PLATED BRONZE 
A SCULPTURAL PIECE HAND-CHISELED AND CAST IN FLORENCE USING BRAZILIAN SODALITE AND FINISHED IN PALLADIUM-PLATED BRONZE.
 
EVERY STONE CARRIES ITS OWN NATURAL MARKINGS AND TONAL VARIATIONS, MAKING EACH WORK ENTIRELY ONE OF A KIND.
 
APPROX. 21 CM TALL.
 
CREATED TO ORDER IN LIMITED QUANTITIES. PLEASE ALLOW TIME FOR ARTISANAL PRODUCTION AND DISPATCH.
 
THE MAKING OF A HOME JEWEL
BRAZILIAN SODALITE IS A DEEP BLUE NATURAL STONE FORMED THROUGH IGNEOUS ACTIVITY IN THE MINERAL-RICH REGIONS OF BRAZIL. KNOWN FOR ITS INTENSE COBALT TONES AND WHITE CALCITE VEINING, EACH PIECE DISPLAYS UNIQUE PATTERNS CREATED BY MILLIONS OF YEARS OF GEOLOGICAL FORMATION.
 
THE FINAL SCULPTURE OF BRAZILIAN SODALITE  IS MADE FROM A PIECE UP TO 4 TIMES THE GRENADE'S SIZE. IT IS FIRST ROUGHLY CUT INTO SHAPE WITH WATER JETS AND THEN REFINED AND POLISHED WITH A CHISEL AND OTHER STONE TOOLS. 
 
THE GRENADE HANDLE AND SNAKE ARE CAST WITH A PROCESS CALLED LOST WAX CASTING. THIS MEANS IT'S FIRST SCULPTED IN WAX BY HAND. A MOULD IS MADE AROUND THIS AND MOLTEN BRONZE IS POURED INTO THE MOULD, MELTING THE WAX AND LEAVING ONLY THE BRONZE SCULPTURE.
 
THE BRONZE SNAKE  IS THEN JOINED TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT SHAPE TO GO AROUND THE GRENADE AND THE SEAMS ARE POLISHED AWAY. THE BUTTERFLY WINGS HAS IT'S DETAILS AND SHAPE HAMMERED BEFORE BEING ATTACHED TO THE BUTTERFLY BODY.