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Sacred Heart - Front

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This is the 97th piece in my Industrial Heart collection, entitled, Sacred Heart.

Like most of my Industrial Hearts, this piece starts with an anatomically correct human heart made from polymer clay - the base. With all of the components of a real human heart, it has also been made to look metallic and Industrial with its panelling and rivets. Gears, metal findings, and other various things are also added.

The entire thing has been antiqued with black acrylics to give it an aged and used feel. As always, there is a stainless steel loop in the back which will be attached to a keyring style jump ring and strung onto a necklace.

Here is a note from the lady I made the heart for:

"Having been recently forced to deal with an excessive amount of tragedy, I want a reminder of how precious life and love is so I will never forget the way I've felt these past couple of weeks or how hard it's been for me to cope with death after my heart stopped last year. I have a very rare form of anaphylaxis which threatens my life on almost a daily basis."

The yellow in the tubes is the symbolic yellow for "support our troops" as she had also recently lost a loved one in Afghanistan.

I hope that isn't too personal, but that's what these hearts are... they are deeply personal for the people I make them for. There are only a certain amount of things you can add to really symbolize any situation, but because they are made specifically for certain people with these situations and stories in mind, they are very personal to the people I make them for, and I want their stories to be told.

Completely hand sculpted from polymer clay with various additional findings.

Industrial Heart Information
For answers to ALL your questions about my Industrial Hearts or if you are wondering how to get one, please check out this link, here!

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If you do not have or do not want to use Etsy, just send me a note and we can go from there!

Want to see more of my work? Please check out my website at MonsterKookies.com. You can learn more about me, take a look at my gallery, or buy something from my Shop.

Please do not attempt to copy my designs or steal and/or post my photos without crediting, please. I spend a lot of time on my designs, so please use your own imagination!
Image size
500x667px 308.41 KB
Make
SONY
Model
DSC-S500
Shutter Speed
1/250 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
80
Date Taken
Sep 25, 2010, 6:38:39 AM
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DaineN's avatar
I do love how you try to add small symbolisms to each of your hearts. I do have to tell you though that the Caduceus, though a very pretty addition, is a well used mistaken icon for medicine mixed up with the rod of Asclepius the actual symbol for medicine. If you already know this, ignore me =P