RECENT WORK: RELICS AND RELIQUARIES
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I found this unusual old metal ruler with a glass center. It has an 1884 date on it. The glass center permits you to see the work beneath it. I used the shape of that glass center as the dominant shape on the reliquary surface.
Antique metal ruler, basswood, old prints, acrylic paint
Collection: Claire Whitaker
Relics and Reliquaries: Glass Ruler
Mixed-media on archival support
14 3/16" x 11 3/16" x 2 3/8" d.