Fascinatingly intricate animal motifs from the eighth century in Scandinavia are evident in a brooch found in Gotland. This design would have originally fit in the palm of one's hand. Here, you can see it brought to life on a 12" x 12" copper plate. This piece is an exploration of the motif and the original artist's careful choices of line weight and crossover patterns, combined with a modern interpretation of dimension and techniques. Work continues on this incredibly detai

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A long, long time ago, around 800 AD, a monk in either Scotland or Ireland painted a little peacock midway down, in the center column of...

In the late Neolithic period, people found native copper and malachite and figured out how to make practical and beautiful things from it.