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Art of Jewelry - Taki Sanati

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The Lonely Godby *Ellygator

Artisan Crafts / Jewelry / Necklaces & Pendants

(2011), 2"x3.5" for the pendant; silver clay (carved, fired, enameled, antiqued, polished and burnished), silver bezel wire, silver wire, vitreous enamel (turquoise and violet), shimmerstone, silver beads, gem beads (citrine, dark and light amethyst, London topaz, topaz), citrine briolette bead, fireline, silver clasp finding

I have been kicking around the idea of making a wearable version of the Egyptian Aten for a while, and a few days ago the color scheme for the piece finally clicked. I combined one of the shimmerstones

made for me a while ago with a mix of turquoise and violet enamel for a truly dramatic effect and combined this with gemstones in the same sequence of color.

I have a strong affinity to fire and the sun, and so I have always been intrigued by the brief episode in Egyptian history where pharaoh Echnaten established the monotheistic belief in the sun-disk as the only and supreme deity. After the colorful pantheon of Egyptian gods had been abolished, the Aten must have felt a lonely god, so while he stretches out his rays in benediction, he also weeps one single golden tear for the fanatical dedication that first gave birth to him and then as fervently sought to eradicate his memory forever.

I also have to thank

for a wonderful comments exchange here on DA a while ago over her brilliant portrait of Echnaten that first sparked my interest in doing something including jewelry design and the Aten.

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*since91 May 1, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Wow this is so beautiful!

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*Ellygator May 2, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thanks so much! Glad you like.

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~karracaz Dec 30, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Another excellent jewelry piece. Lovely blue and the yellow just sets it off beautifully.

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*Ellygator Dec 31, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you! I had wanted to mix up those two enamel colors for a while. Thankfully they played very nicely together.

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*green-envy-designs Nov 24, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

this is amazingly cool. i like the enamel. looks like brushstrokes

pushed into place. love the returning colours in the chain

lovely piece

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*Ellygator Dec 10, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Thanks so much! I am still learning about enamel. This one was all about blending two different colors...

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*SalHunter Nov 18, 2011

Gorgeous!

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*Ellygator Nov 18, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Thanks so much! I'm currently experimenting with a more diamond-shaped design for a friend. I've been wanting to do this one for ages...

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~ReeannaSephiroth Nov 12, 2011

It's a beautiful Ra pendant

*Ellygator Nov 17, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you! I had this design in my head for quite some time...

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