RARE ARTISAN ALEXA & PETER SMARSH STERLING CLOISONNE 'OCEAN WAVE' BROOCH PENDANT
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! INCREDIBLE QUALITY OF MATERIALS AND ARTISTIC ABILITY.
A RARELY SEEN ARTISAN ALEXA AND PETER SMARSH BROOCH PENDANT NAMED BY THE ARTISTS ‘OCEAN WAVE’ COMPLETED IN STERLING SILVER AND 14K GOLD, WITH SUPERB CLOISONNE WORK COMPLETED IN MULTI-COLORED GLASS, WITH AN OVAL LONDON BLUE TOPAZ STONE AND FINISHED WITH A PEARL.
THEIR WORK IS RARELY SEEN ONLINE SINCE THEY SELL EXCLUSIVELY AT CRAFT ARTISAN JEWELRY SHOWS.
THE BROOCH IS SIGNED ON THE REVERSE WITH THE ALEXA AND PETER SMARSH SIGNATURE AND THE NAME OF THE PIECE ‘OCEAN WAVE’.
THE BROOCH PENDANT MEASURES 1 3/8” WIDE AND 2 3/8” LONG.
THE BROOCH PENDANT WEIGHS 21.5 GRAMS.
WE FOUND ONLINE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ABOUT HOW THIS COUPLE COLLABORATES TO CREATE THEIR JEWELRY PIECES:
I, ( Alexa ), am the enamelist and Peter, my husband, is the metalsmith / goldsmith.
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Eventually my love of enamelling lead to the small cloisonne enamel pieces framed as jewelry that Peter and I create today.
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Once I've finished an enamel piece Peter fabricates a Karat gold or Sterling silver setting.We consider his settings to be the finishing "frames" for each of my enamel art works.All his work is fabricated by hand - no castings.Each piece is cut using hand saws then formed and forged with mallets and hammers, and finally, assembled using multiple torch solderings.
