Lost at Sea Dead Poets Society ' The cluster of gold

' The cluster of gold at the bottom of this piece depicts the stars from the poem piling up as they fall to Earth

I felt peaceful as all the stars descended and caught fire in the night sky

Sterling Silver

Dangle is about 1

" a line from one of my original poems

Lost at Sea Dead Poets Society ' The cluster of goldI have a small collection of antique poetry books from the late 1800s I inherited from my great grandfather. Even before I could read, the engraved illustrations of gossamer angels and tempest tossed boats drew me into a grownup world of mortality and miracles. Those images inspired this miniature scene of a tiny shipwreck about to fall upon the cliffs of an unknown land. I set the enamel into a chunky pendant and etched the bezel with the Fishermans