This pendant is set with a piece of fossilized mammoth ivory originating from a private piece of property in Alaska. The backplate of the piece is etched with a mammoth skeleton to echo the ivory's origins (image credit--Shutterstock).
The etching process includes the photo or drawing being transferred via laser jet printer to PCB circuit board thermal transfer paper. The image is then transferred to the metal at 150 degrees C via a hot plate; the jet printer ink functions as a resist leaving those areas un-etched. The etching is done in a bath of ferric nitrate.
Krista Lavonas Transitions Collection
βIs/Was; stones and echoes of their origins in silver.β