Half Sunflower Pendant

 Below is half a sunflower made up from pieces of the brooch sunflower and pendant sunflower that were joined in wax and cast in sterling silver.

Bowes, K., (2021). Half sunflower pendant.

Having moulds of my large and medium sunflowers meant that I could break down the sunflower into smaller elements. I layered the parts of the flower in wax, cast them and once again made a mould of the half sunflower so I can always use it again. My 2019 platinum pendant sparked the idea of using the half sunflower as a pendant, as seen below.

Half sunflower- pendant

 While working on my platinum I reminisced about my past platinum pieces. My platinum piece from 2019 made me think of my half sunflower casting. I found a large dark stone to resemble the centre of a sunflower and started putting together a pendant. 

Bowes, K (2021). Pendant progress.