By Michael Miller works in precious metals and stones.
The work is influenced by architecture and nature, and places where the two resemble one another. Clay is torn, layered and cast in lost wax, and the process leaves its own texture and its own holes in the surface. Others are sculpted in 3D, where volume can be added and removed with precision. In both, the discipline is subtraction. Nothing is added that the form does not require.
Diamonds are set as constellations across the surface, chosen for color and irregularity rather than uniformity. The surface is given by the casting, and the stones are placed for each piece.
Each piece is made to order, with a lead time of six to eight weeks.
Michael Miller is a product designer who worked across antiques, lighting and furniture before jewelry.
By Michael Miller has private studios in Miami, FL and Stony Creek, CT.
All photography and video work is by Warfield Studio