Concept:
The fallen are just angels who dared to think for themselves. A broken cross opel set on a distressed nickel back-plate. I painted the inside of the setting white so that rainbow colors of the gem would stand out. The brass center-plate is supposed to mimic a bicentennial halo. Set on it in copper wire are two quarts crystals up right representing the clarity of freedom. I created retractable three tear wings by using a peg mount as a hing. The colors moving from silver to bronze to copper show the descent into hell. If the pin is reversed the copper pair resembles devil horns. I also forged my own pin and pin-stem.