2025
DÉGRADÉ CRYSTAL AND BLUE MIRROR PLATED BRONZE
HAND CHISELED AND CAST IN FLORENCE
~20CM TALL
 
THE MAKING OF A HOME JEWEL
THE MAIN BODY OF THE GRENADE IS MADE BY PRESSING MOLTON LEAD CRYSTAL INTO A METAL MOULD.
THE GRENADE HANDLE SNAKE AND BUTTELFLY ARE CAST WITH A PROCESS CALLED LOST WAX CASTING. THIS MEANS IT'S FIRST SCULPTED IN WAX BY HAND. A PLASTER MOULD IS MADE AROUND THIS AND MOLTEN BRONZE IS POURED INTO THE MOULD, MELTING THE WAX AND LEAVING ONLY THE BRONZE SCULPTURE. 
DETAILS ARE THEN HAMMERED INTO THE BRONZE TO CREATE THE FINAL EFFECT, MAKING EACH PIECE EVEN MORE UNIQUE.
THE BRONZE IS THEN JOINED TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT SHAPE TO GO AROUND THE GRENADE AND THE SEAMS ARE CONCEALED BY HAMMERING AND POLISHING THE JOINTS.
THE BRONZE IS PLATED WITH  IN THE SAME FACTORY AND SAME WAY OF A GUCCI BELT. THIS MEANS THAT ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT BE CONSTANTLY TOUCHED AS A BELT, IT WILL WITHSTAND TIME. 
 
AS THIS PIECE IS HAND MADE JUST FOR YOU, IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME TO SHIP OUT.