Name: Ruadhnait inghean Ruaidhri
Location: Shire of Panther Vale
Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Ruadhnait_inghean_Ruaidhri
I have been wanting to reproduce an enameled reliquary box since I started dabbling in enamels some 15-20 years ago. Covid provided me with many hours of time at home to work on projects and over the course of the last year I have been chipping away at this project. It is loosely based on a casket in the British Museum depicting scenes of courtly love, and consists of 5 enameled copper plaques that are affixed to a wooden box and lid. I replicated the image from one of the sides, the other plaques are modelled after illuminations from the same time period.
The copper plaques were first etched with acid with a resist to create hollows in which to lay the enamels. The enamels were then painted in, and the plaques fired in a kiln. I tend to do much smaller jewelry-sized pieces, so the plaques were a bit out of my comfort zone. I had some issues with managing colors in the kiln, but am overall happy with how the project has come together.
Absolutely AWESOME work!!!
Intricate! With a technique like that, you get no do-overs… it must have been nerve-wracking to work on this! It looks fantastic, like a museum piece. Well done indeed!
I’m so glad you were able to find many round-to-its to create this.
This is a lovely piece, thank you so much for sharing!
This is an extraordinarily well-done piece. Thank you for your art!
It seems like this was a very ambitious project. Well done!
That’s glorious! I’m so glad you shared it with us!
Absolutely stunning!!!!
Thank you for sharing!!
A lovely piece of work; hank yu for sharing it with us.