Bat Constellation

• Year2015
• Dimensions
  Frame: 17.5cm x 22.5cm x 2.5cm / 7" x 9" x 1"
  Embossed panel: 11cm x 16cm /4.3" x 6.3"
• MediaEmbossed pewter, gems
• SOLD 
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A little while back I created a Leo Constellation piece, using a heraldry-inspired lion mapped to the Leo constellation. It was fun but I thought – why not make up my own constellations. Here’s a little star bat, with tiny clear jewels set in the wings and body and scattered in the sky around him. I added the background lines based on some of the vintage astrology illustrations I have been looking at recently, and added his latin name ‘chiroptera’. It’s set in an ornate style moulded resin frame, this one has a hook at the back and also a fold out stand.