This piece was the first piece I had done in silver in almost 2 years. Silver is The Metal for chasing work. I may have been a bit glib in the past in saying I preferred working in silver over gold. After this piece I know I have always been telling the truth even if I really didn’t remember. Wow. What a pleasure this box was to make.

The interior depiction of a hummingbird arose form an experiment working with very thin 26-gauge metal. I admit to being very surprised how far I could take it.