Challenges in detail
The challenge with this sculpture was to use the glaze to match the movement. After a long consultation on the colour match between the jewels and the enamel, Marie-Pierre Belgary, enameller and bronze artist, shaped copper plates in long hammer work so that they fit perfectly and give the glaze squares a lively appearance.
After the first hammering the gold, five firings were carried out to achieve the desired intensity of the red enamel – followed by long work of hammering to keep the squares of enamels on the dress of the sculpture extremely vivid. Olivier Delmas created a patina of the colour amber entirely original for this work of art.
