ONYX COCA COLA  & 24CT GOLD-PLATED BRONZE 
A SCULPTURAL PIECE HAND-CHISELED AND CAST IN FLORENCE USING  COCA COLA ONYX FROM PAKISTAN AND RICHLY FINISHED IN 24CT GOLD-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
ONYX COCA COLA IS A STRIKING NATURAL STONE DISTINGUISHED BY ITS RICH CARAMEL, ESPRESSO, AND CREAM TONES RESEMBLING THE COLORS OF COLA. FORMED THROUGH THE SLOW DEPOSITION OF MINERAL-RICH WATER OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE HIGHER GRADE IS QUARRIED PRIMARILY IN PAKISTAN AND IRAN AND EACH PIECE FEATURES UNIQUE LAYERING AND TRANSLUCENT DEPTH CREATED BY ITS NATURAL FORMATION.
 
THE FINAL SCULPTURE OF ONYX 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.