Stripes and Squares with Gold Earrings

THE STORY:

I recently took a traditional ceramics class to see how similar working with ceramic and metal clay actually is.  One of the ways we created texture was by carving into a Speedball carving block.  

I decided to use a small portion of a carved texture to practice Keum Boo, an ancient Korean method of gilding 24k gold to silver. Fine silver and 24k gold charms; sterling silver ear wires

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Charm dimensions:  0.75" x 0.5"