I was rearranging my studio and ran across a beautiful salt residue from a patina used on metal bits.
I used the salt solution on metal bits from a broken veg steamer that I planned to use in the piece Watch Yourself.
Why Watch Yourself? Steamers in use are too hot to touch, so be careful. Also the addition of mirror gives the viewer a peek at what they are doing.
The code on used in the piece is based on a combination of Morse and Celtic Tree Code that I used in a previous piece.
A salt solution was used to add some rust.
The other materials in the piece are mirror, linen, and jump rings.
To Complete–application of wax, build a cedar box, nail the assembled piece inside the box using existing steamer holes.