Sacerdotesse

has left the granulation station!

I finally had some luck getting my *%&*% little balls some kind of round and stuck on my piece in a non-random pattern that I’m quite pleased with.  My first attempt was a little skew-whiff and they were off centre.  Unfortunately they were also a bit closer to egg shaped than to spherical so they looked a little bit more like tiny mouse poops than the elegant granulation that I had hoped for!

I first caught sight of this style of granulation (three spheres) on Temple St Clair’s work.  It’s described as her “signature granulation” and whilst I absolutely adore her work, I’ve seen it before on a number of bronze and gold roman pieces in museums.  Granulation was widespread around the ancient world, appearing in viking jewelry as well as the roman and greek jewels.

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