Heart Cold Bronze Wall Plaque
Heart Cold Bronze Wall Plaque
By Jeanne Dana Studios
Each piece is signed and dated with the year of production.
Approx 5 X 4″
With the growth of the internet came a steady decline in the use of greeting cards. Always innovating, Jeanne Dana began to create cast paper sculptures and paper mache art from their old greeting card scraps. Plaster was added to the paper castings to make them more durable and they started incorporating novel coloring and waterproofing techniques in the process. These experimental designs were the foundation of their new company, PaperAndStone. Some of their early designs are still in use today. Over the years they have replaced paper with more advanced, natural materials that allow the pieces to last for hundreds of years. In the 21st century, Jeanne Dana’s art has become more architectural, being further influenced by more contemporary designs.
Each design is hand sculpted in our clay studio. Our styling is best described as decorative, early/ancient European on contemporary themes. The finished design is made into a master mold from plaster. The master is then used to make reinforced latex production molds. Every piece is cast by hand using a proprietary blend of hydrocal, plaster, and fortifying agents to produce a piece of art that is both strong and lightweight. The castings are then shaped by hand with angle grinders, files, and sand paper so that each piece has its own unique form. Once shaped, the casting is then primed with a cold bronze coating before being colored with gold leaf, metal fibers, acid dyes, patinas, and an acid wash. Each piece is painted by hand and due to the natural chemical processes taking place, no one piece is alike. The finished art piece is sealed with a UV and waterproof coating that will preserve the colors and protect it from the elements
Excerpt from Chakra Awakening by Margaret Ann Lembo
Heart Chakra Basics:
Primary Colors: Green, pink
Complementary Colors: Green, pink
Stones: Agate, apophyllite, aventurine, calcite, chrysoprase, goldstone, kunzite, malachite, rhodochrosite, rose quartz, ruby, unakite, watermelon tourmaline, and all the pink and green stones
Location: The center of your chest
Musical Note: F#
Essential Oil: Jasmine, lavender, neroli, rose
Keywords: Compassion, kindness, love, relationships, and “As above, so below.”
