Maori Facial Tattoo (Commission)

Things of note: The customer provided this frontal skull to use for this commissioned project. First thing to be done was stabilise the entire bone structure as it was quite old and brittle so I began with a chemical stain dip and a thin coat of a dull finish to make it a better surface to work with less chance for breakage. After everything was ready I went in per the customers request and worked out a design based on the Maori facial tattoos of New Zealand. After all of the silver work was finally completed I went back in and coated all silver with a slightly tinted clear epoxy gloss finish similar to whats used for bronze art so the silver will stay as is forever and never tarnish plus the added benefit of contrast between the dull skull finish & "shiny" silver.