With this tintype ring, I chose to focus in on the hands holding a book or keepsake. “il Regalo” is fabricated of sterling silver with a liver of sulfur patina, 18k gold rivets, and a found antique tintype photo. It resembles Victorian mourning jewelry and seeks to remember a gift from an anonymous person. The… Read More il regalo: new tintype ring
Continuing with a small series using antique tintypes found in flea markets and around, here is a set derived from one photo of 2 unknown men who seem to be son and father. The top frame was made into a pendant, “Figlio e Padre” with connecting lines scratched into the surface of the photographic emulsion.… Read More figlio e padre and virtue: new tintype jewelry
Continuing with a small series of tintype jewelry pieces, the most recent one is The Four Elements, composed from this old photo of an unknown group of people. The photo was not in great shape so I didn’t feel too bad about cropping it and making the image more visually accessible by turning it into… Read More the four elements: new tintype brooch
I’ve been collecting some old tintype photographs. No, they aren’t my family members, but they are beautiful objects of our past, and of someone’s beloved family. I like that the person photographed is mysterious, with an unknown narrative. If they were my family photographs, I wouldn’t have wanted to cut them up. Someone else has… Read More giotto’s angel: new tintype pendant
Update: since I made this post, I was corrected by experts that the images pictured above are actually tintypes (more specifically known as ferrotypes), not daguerreotypes. The development processes are entirely different. In fact, daguerreotypes are positive images on silver-plated copper sheets. Ferrotypes use the Collodion technique — images exposed on an emulsion-laquered dark iron… Read More old tintypes, new jewelry
