M142 17th Century hand-applied gold leaf barnacles and

hand-applied gold leaf barnacles and shells

It is her signature printed velvet

evolving in their own right

usually as a secondary mineral in volcanic rocks

and a theory of origin is they are a fossil replacement

M142 17th Century hand-applied gold leaf barnacles and17th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' base topped with preserved, naturally free forming copper. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. There is still the original paint and silt left on the pieces to uphold the integrity, craftsmanship, and history of the sculptural fragment. The shells coordinate with the fragment's original features and remnants of the flood as if