These photos show two of my necklaces placed on top of eachother. For my next piece i want to incorporate the silver and the patina in a similar way, so that it will be a series/collection of three necklaces. For the next necklace i would like to manufacture a new chain, perhaps introduce forged links?
We were taught about colours and using their complimentaries to create shadows. I painted some little shells, sweet man.
The above watercolour painting was painted by my great gran. Her watercolour skills were amazing :)
These are some interesting facts/statements that I found in the foreword of ‘Into The Deep’, written by Don Walsh.
“It is difficult to comprehend the ocean’s breadths and depths, let alone the splendid diversity of its life.”
I agree with Don Walsh’s statement, beneath the oceans surface is an incredibly vast variety of creatures and corals, most of which only a select few have seen first hand.
“Earth – it really is the wrong name.”
According to Walsh, the oceans cover more than 70% of the earth’s surface area, and living space hidden beneath its surface is 543 million cubic kilometres. Looking at these statistics it is understandable how one could feel so removed and out of touch with this huge expanse of water.
“More humans have visited the moon than have been to the deepest part of the ocean.”
I love this statement. Mans fascination with the depths of the ocean is very similar to mans fascination with space; both of these places are not immediately accessible or tangible.
My patinated necklace is complete! And i really love it... 
The pictures above are close ups of the patinated copper elements. I sealed the patination with a matte waterbased glaze.
The above picture is from my photography book, 'Into The Deep'. It was this picture that i used as a reference and inspiration for this piece.
I am really pleased with how my necklae turned out. I learned alot about patination, a process i have never used before. If i ever make this necklace again, one thing i would change however, is the lenth of the chain. Personally i love longer chains, but if this chain was shorter the patinated elements would be spread out and ultimately better displayed.
