"Night At The Acropolis" - The wine flowed, the music played, and the Gods danced all night long. Make a statement with this 3-dimensional musical instrument necklace inspired by the God of wine and pleasure, Dionysus, also known as Bacchus to the Romans. Created for an SRAJD (Self Representing Artist in Jewelry Design) challenge.
The lute was sculpt out of scraps of copper sheet. Ten separate pieces were soldered together and then strings were wired on to create the three dimensional instrument. Wrapped in a sea of twirling grape vines, with dangly ruby Jade grape clusters. Centered between two wire wrapped Lyre, and two sections of Laurel leaf wreath. A laurel wreath is traditionally made with twelve sets of leaves to represent each of the twelve Gods of Mt. Olympus. I used just twelve leaves due to space constraints. One leaf for each God rather than a set. The leaves are wrapped in Merlot sari silk. Finishing off the back with the sari silk for a comfortable wear. It closes with a handmade copper hook and a sari silk loop, with a grape leaf dangle.
The perfect piece to wear for a night at the theater or Opera.
Metaphysical properties of Jade: Balances the emotions and encourages wisdom. Aids in remembering and solving dreams. Peaceful, nurturing and stress relieving.
Read my blog post for the full adventure http://travelingsideshow.blogspot.com/2014/05/night-at-acrapolis.html
I will gladly ship international. Please contact me for rates to your exact location.
Thank you for looking. Have a pleasureful day!
The lute was sculpt out of scraps of copper sheet. Ten separate pieces were soldered together and then strings were wired on to create the three dimensional instrument. Wrapped in a sea of twirling grape vines, with dangly ruby Jade grape clusters. Centered between two wire wrapped Lyre, and two sections of Laurel leaf wreath. A laurel wreath is traditionally made with twelve sets of leaves to represent each of the twelve Gods of Mt. Olympus. I used just twelve leaves due to space constraints. One leaf for each God rather than a set. The leaves are wrapped in Merlot sari silk. Finishing off the back with the sari silk for a comfortable wear. It closes with a handmade copper hook and a sari silk loop, with a grape leaf dangle.
The perfect piece to wear for a night at the theater or Opera.
Metaphysical properties of Jade: Balances the emotions and encourages wisdom. Aids in remembering and solving dreams. Peaceful, nurturing and stress relieving.
Read my blog post for the full adventure http://travelingsideshow.blogspot.com/2014/05/night-at-acrapolis.html
I will gladly ship international. Please contact me for rates to your exact location.
Thank you for looking. Have a pleasureful day!
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