/internal/media/dispatcher/1490001/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMosaic bracelet2013Stefano MarchettiOther: 7 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm (2 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)Silver, copper, and goldMuseum purchase with funds donated by Nancy Adams and Scott Schoen, Lynn Dale and Frank Wisneski, Megan O’Block, Jacqueline Togut, Theresa Baybutt, Susan Esco Chandler, Betsy P. Demirjian, Joy and Douglas Kant and the Fashion Council, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston2015.9000Square silver, gold, and copper bracelet that is made of small silver and copper triangles that the artist carefully cut and soldered from wire, and inlayed to form a mosaic-like pattern. The bracelet was then polished, filed, and hammered into its final square form. The artist describes the technique as being related to both murrina, a technique typically employed by glass artists to add color, and the Japanese technique mokumé gane, which creates a wood grain pattern on metal.
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