Francesca Galliano - Work Detail: Mystic Portrait: Spirit View IX - Emergence

Assemblage (a) carved wood within wood environment with wood spheres. (b) Repoussèd & patinaed copper sheet within wood shadow box. (c) Handwoven, coiled & formed copper wire over wood, brass tubes, copper nails & bamboo with amethyst, copper, hematite, peridot & poppy jasper beads. Thin layers of transparent & translucent mixed media produced the final colors on image: Mixed media on wood: resins, ground metals, acrylics, solvent dyes, 24k gold guilding, waxes & lacquer.