Bonsai Gingko

Ginkgo bonsai is Pierre Salagnac's attempt to germinate metal. Through this brass and bronze sculpture, Pierre works to understand and search for form hidden in matter thanks to his varied skills as a bronzesmith. The solid brass trunk was carved in the mass and chiselled by hand. The foliage is composed of 150 hand-chiselled bronze leaves then finished in 18-carat gold and the base is carved from solid brass and gilded with fine gold.