I am really very excited about this piece. In my trove of collected found objects I found: a broken child's jade bracelet, found in the gutter on the corner of Nuuanu and Beretania in Honolulu. A shell from Molokai with embedded sand, giving the appearance of bared teeth. A spiral unicorn shell from the green sand beach on the Kona side of the Big Island. Sea glass from the little hidden beach on Oahu I called, ever so cleverly, "sea glass beach", because there was SO much of it. It was tiny, and surrounded by tall rocks. Likely it was a favorite drinking spot, with the bottles being smashed and rolled to smooth, nearly opaque surfaces. One could just scoop up large hand fulls. I wonder if it is still there.
Put together with silver gilded windshield glass in blue, seed, round, oblong, rice, and baroque pearls (Mikimoto end-shanks I received in trade from a friend who did time in the Garment District in NYC),
broken mirror pieces, and a few silver gilded clear glass pieces. In a wooden cigar box, currently painted with antique gold paint.
I have the front of the box planned in my head, but am still toying with whether to use the antique patina paint on this piece or not. Leaning towards yes.
I loved living in Hawaii, but I missed my friends and family, both of origin and of choice and went back to the mainland.
