Creative mind
Same discipline, different medium.
Paintings, drawings and metal pieces I design, engrave and polish — the part of the work that is not about shipping, but about colour, patience and control.
On paper and canvas
Paintings & drawings
Where the eye gets trained — colour, weight and negative space, worked out before anything is designed.
At the bench
Design, engraving and polishing.
Coins, medals and pendants — small enough that nothing hides. Every line has to be decided before the first cut touches metal.
Obverse
Reverse
Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatira
Hooded portrait, a hand raised to the eye — the reverse carries the Hebrew legend and the signature.
- Metal
- .999 fine silver
- Diameter
- 37 mm
- Depth
- 3 mm
Obverse
Reverse
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Wide-brimmed hat, three-quarter face — the reverse carries the Hebrew legend and the signature.
- Metal
- .999 fine silver
- Diameter
- 37 mm
- Depth
- 3 mm
Obverse
Reverse
Pink Floyd
A copper medal — the four faces and their names on one side, the band's imagery on the other.
- Metal
- Copper
- Diameter
- 100 mm
- Depth
- 4 mm
The piece
3D design
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The finished pendant and the 3D design it was cut from — Vermeer's girl, struck in silver.
- Metal
- .925 silver
- Diameter
- 28 mm
- Depth
- 2 mm
How a piece gets made
3D design
The piece is modelled in three dimensions first — relief, depth and every line are decided before anything is cut.
Laser engraving
The design is cut into the metal by laser, precise enough to stay readable at that scale.
Cleaning & polishing
The piece is cleaned and polished until the field is clear and the metal reads true.
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