Dust Bowl Fine Art Prints Vitreous enamel

Vitreous enamel

Pendant necklace in jeweler's brass

• Original poem

The inscription is a fragment from Mozart’s Requiem:⁣ “Lacrimosa dies illa ⁣qua resurget ex favilla“ ⁣which translates to “mournful the day ⁣when from the ashes shall rise”⁣

Minimal matchstick dangle earrings in jeweler's brass

Dust Bowl Fine Art Prints Vitreous enamelI created the tiny image using watercolor enamels, a method of painting with finely ground glass and then firing it with a torch. The heat fuses the "paint" to the metal, making it permanent. The miniature painting depicts an enormous dust cloud that threatens a stark horizon. In the fireground, telephone poles cast odd shadows. For the setting of this piece, I wanted to create proportions that are a little strange and unsettling, much like the