Chain Totem Bone and Silver

All organic chain is carved by hand. In the case of the chains made of wood, they are absolutely seamless; carved from a single long slab of wood (see link). Chains made from bone, horn and coral are modeled and constructed into chain links.

BONE. Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). The bone form is completely hand carved.

ACID SILVER. Brass substrate is electroplated with silver and then dipped into acid to create the subtly destroyed surface. The concentration of the plating solution, air temperature and time in the acid bath all play integral roles in the final result and exist in a delicate balance.

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Parts of Four produces jewelries, objects, furnitures, and installations. With a background in sculptural processes, Parts of Four can be imagined as an invocation system of rituals and memories: human, animal, geological, stellar, and beyond. It is a meditation on form, material, and processes. Parts of Four jewelries are genderless and non-seasonal. The material is the substance. There is magic in the ability of material to hold history and power. Rather it is a dialogue, a spiritual dialogue born between our multiple histories. Creating magical objects is our goal: hard-edged solid industrialized shamanic-tools.