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Silver Sculpture: Cerianthus – Tube Anemone – nearly finished

The silver cerianthid sculpture – tube anemone – is nearly finished. Fabio wants to create further depth and interest by applying an oxidising agent to each of the cerianthids and then polishing this away on the silver tube bodies. This will leave the solid copper tentacles blackened, and a mixed dimensional finish to the tubes where the polishing doesn’t remove all of the oxidising agent.

Photograph of the finished sculpture to follow.

Silver sculpture: cerianthid - tube anemone

Contemporary Italian Sculpture: Silver Octopus nearly finished

The octopus sculpture is nearly finished. Fabio now needs to drill a hole in the stone we found in the small cove, “caletta”, near Punta Ala, Maremma, to permanently attach the octopus in position.

The silver octopus is ready to be attached to its stone

Silver Octopus Sculpture: one fluid form

The art of creating one octopus piece: with time and patience, the octopus legs and body that had been soldered together and were, indeed, one solid silver piece, have now been filed and shaped to become one fluid form to the human eye.

Silver octopus sculpture: filed and formed into one

Silver Cerianthus – Tube Anemone – Sculpture: body & tentacles come together

The copper tentacles have been soldered into place inside the silver bodies of the cerianthi.

cerianthi body and tentacles soldered together

Silver Cerianthus – Tube Anemone – Sculpture: the beginning

Fabio gets started on creating the cerianthus – tube anemone – sculpture in sterling silver and copper.

First the silver tube “bodies”…

…and then the copper tentacles.

Adding the borax flux before soldering the copper tentacles together

Silver Octopus Sculpture: head & legs come together

Fabio’s silver octopus sculpture is starting to come together.

Removing excess solder from the octopus head

The octopus legs have been soldered to its head

Silver Art: Octopus Sculpture – preparing the silver head & legs

Filing to a rounded point each of the eight solid sterling silver wire octopus legs.

Filing the octopus legs

Raising the small sheet of solid sterling silver to give shape to the octopus head.

Silver sheet with octopus head design before raising

Raising the silver sheet to form the octopus head

The new silver art sculptures: looking on a beach near Punta Ala, Maremma for the base rocks

Fabio knows just the rocks he wants to use for the bases of the two new octopus and cerianthus sculptures, so we go looking on a rocky beach in a cove near Punta Ala, Maremma. A beautiful late December afternoon.

Found one!

The local in situ rock is a beautiful colour in the late December setting sun.

The in situ rock at the Punta Ala cove

Ideas for two new silver art sculptures

Fabio has two new ideas for silver art sculptures: an octopus and cerianthus. As with our jewellery, his creations are heavily influenced by his passion for the sea. His greatest love is sub aqua fishing in the local Tyrrhenian Sea (Mar Tirreno).

Sketch of silver octopus sculpture

Sketch of silver cerianthus sculpture