silver

silverpoint on paper, 5x5cm

Lino print. I added some silver dust to grey paint. I also made a version on black card, with white paint and silver dust.

Hopefully this major occurrence brings about positive changes in preparedness, mindsets, practices, and concerns. Maybe the world just needed a quick reset where everything was "still" for a moment as a reminder or refresher. The silver lining in my mind is that this sets a better trajectory for future things to come and perspectives as well as for priorities to become more clear for everyone as individuals and a world working together.

A bezel - or collet - setting is where the setting metal surrounds the girdle of the gemstone. Learn more about the anatomy of a ring here https://www.acsilver.co.uk/acsnews/2019/05/06/anatomy-of-a-ring/

With eyes open, Into the blue, I dipped into the silence, And the fleeting snatches Of silver light.

Commuting doodle, done with fineliner and silver gel pen in Hahnemühle pocket size sketchbook