Self-portrait

The Self-Portrait brooches were designed and commissioned by Gijs Bakker, who asked for a portrait of himself in the size of his little finger's nail. The brooches were handcrafted in gold with the traditional bas-relief chasing method. As the dimension of the portrait constituted a challenge, Max used a magnifying glass, and because some elements were smaller than the metal thickness, some features had to be very carefully ‘shaved' away out of the material..

Gold, Brooch

Crafted by

Max Gielis