Brooch repousse on silver

Brooch 2" handcrafted with repousse technique. One of a kind

The repousse relief sculpture is made by working the  metal direct without molds and begins with the subject matter. Stefan makes his own designs based on his own imagination and draw inspiration from history, mythologies, folktales, and real life. The preliminary drawings lay out the subject to make the idea suitable for the metal relief sculpture. Repousse is made with ancient style tools, embossing the metal on a soft surface which allows it to give when pressure is applied, in order to render the image in the metal. The design is first chased (outline) onto the metal from the front. Then it is embossed from the back (repousse) using special hand tools. These steps are alternated until the design is fully completed.