Awesome fashion boy
Mokume-gane (by Phillip Baldwin / Shining Wave Metals), sterling silver, found tintype enamel reproduction
This locket was made for a Seattle Metals Guild memorial exhibition honoring Phillip Baldwin, a guild member and mokume-gane specialist. The exterior is fabricated from his material.
Inside, a reproduction of a tintype found on eBay with the title "Awesome Fashion Boy." The subject's name is lost. What survived is the dress, and the fact that someone, sometime, chose to wear it. The tintype carried that gesture forward. The locket continues to.