The Heart of the Sky - Large P09012-P00056 A few months before

A few months before

The stone measures 8mm in diameter

cotton-like feel

Dots of 18k gold are flush set with round gray diamonds (1

The Heart of the Sky - Large P09012-P00056 A few months beforeExploring the tranquil beauty of a backlit bird in graceful flight, this mixed media piece is an original photograph printed with archival pigment inks on cotton printmaking paper. Ishii highlights the image with colored pencils to create a painterly effect and affixes the print to a cradled wood panel with PVA. She coats the piece with wax to give the image a translucent quality, and the sides of the board are painted black and finished with clear