citrine: "solid and miraculous in the face of adversity (citrine)" by Anya Gallaccio

This didn't turn out to be a series this time, unless you can call two items a series... I got too busy to do all of these in addition to my normal daily sketch posts. Anyway...


"solid and miraculous in the face of adversity (citrine)" is a cast glass sculpture that was made by Anya Gallaccio in 2005. I'm not sure about the backstory for this piece, I just know that Gallaccio is  a Scottish artist who likes to work with organic materials.

citrine: Karen Walker citrine and enamel pansy necklace

This post is the first part of a new thing that I'll be doing from time to time. This week, in addition to my usual daily sketches, I'll have a series of blog posts related to a single theme. These will lead up to the completion of my current painting and a video, both also related to this theme. So... my first theme is "citrine". Citrine, the rare, golden hued variety of quartz. According to Wikipedia, natural citrine is so rare that most of it is actually heat-treated amethyst.

The necklace above was made by New Zealand jewelry designer Karen Walker. It costs $389 (not sure if those are NZ or Australian dollars, or maybe US dollars). It has a citrine in its center.