Something Outside, Something Inside

A little more progress on the latest copper box. I decided that the lid was a little flat and needed something to give it a bit more structure, so I've added a silver repouse leaf.

At smithing class, we had a discussion about what might be inside the box and it was suggested that I needed something to contract the wood and the copper and to emphasise the sense of decay or organic nature of the contents.

By painting a solution of copper nitrate to the inside surface of the base of the box and heating it, a green grainy surface develops. I think it achieve the effect of suggesting something happening deep in the box, under the wood.