Marianne Hunter

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

 

 

#2464 Kabuki Kachina Sends Peace

 

enamels: Grisaille w/ foils & lusters, 24K and 14K gold, platinum, silver fabricated and engraved, Roman glass, pearl.

 beads: three strands opal beads, two green, one lavender blue, 2 1/2 x 1 13/16  x 1/4 inches

 

 

My Kabuki Kachinas deal with the harmony of nature—powerful, spiritual, beautiful, and delightful.  I've been incorporating recycled jewelry as elements of design in addition to reusing stones pulled from old jewelry and recycling metals.   This piece incorporated a piece of ancient roman glass.  The more bombs dropped, shots fired—the more manifestly peaceful my work becomes.