Fossilized ammonite set on a bed of recycled sterling silver dust on this cuff. Reverse is etched with a tiny drawing of what an ammonite may have looked like in it's live form based on other representations I have seen when traveling down the rabbit hole of investigating this invertebrate organism.
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