Porcelain Halo and Copper Ears

 

a blah porcelain halo before 23kt. gold-leafing

after:

charlene doiron reinhart

 Cardinal's Halo
14" x 4" x 2"
ceramic, porcelain slip, underglazes, gold-plated copper wire, 23kt. gold leaf

 Copper Pipe Crown
waiting for final touches
copper band stamped: caritas abundat in omnia
translation:  love abounds in all

“You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby.
But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand...”
                                             ―The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams