Route 511 Dead Poets Society • Ring face measures about

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• Hand painted vitreous enamel• Inscription reads: "The tarpaulin blooms and sighs over the summer chairs

dark oxidized sterling silver ball chain with spring clasp

fine silver

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Route 511 Dead Poets Society • Ring face measures aboutRoute 511 runs through rural Ohio where I grew up. It cuts through flat fields, past abandoned Victorian houses and unused railroad tracks. Even as a toddler, the austerity of this desolate road filled me a clashing sense of wonder and unease. I created the enameled images in these earrings by "painting" with powdered glass on thin steel using tiny brushes and various scraping tools. I fired the design with a torch to fuse the glass to the metal. One