These started out as splashes of bronze from the floor of a bronze foundry. I went through a bucket holding several thousand splashes and picked out ones I thought had particular potential. These two were trimmed, slightly reshaped, and selectively polished, then mounted on stickpin backs (the backs are 1/20 12K GF).
The download is larger, and shows more of the fine detail.
And now I think I'll stick with that.
Lovely work! (:
And that's a good description of the process.