I make "memory" pieces. Memory pieces are art pieces typically start out being a recognizable wooden form, a frame, a box, an an animal form, then I will usually 'paper' the piece with a selected color, and then I begin to 'embellish' it with bits and bling.
I typically work with silver-toned bits and bling, for no real reason except that I like the way the silver looks.
Looking back on when I was working on this piece, I realized I was working on 3 pieces at the same time, a mirror, a mannequin head and this duck . . . and all three were in gold tones.
The title for this piece is inspired from a children’s activity book titled: “The Legend of the Golden Duck”.