Riverscape

I had a busy day in prospect, with lots of meetings and reviewing to do, so I recruited the Riverscape to reinforce my natural inclination to go with the flow (ahem) and provide a peaceful respite from the frenzy. Needless to say, it did a fine job, and I remained calm at all times.

This multi-layered pin is mostly made of silver: the coppery colour of the frame is a consequence of atrocious lighting. The streetlamp on the right is made of brass, with a pearl for its globe. The river is a textured sheet of silver, while the city buildings are made of gold. The sky is a sheet of blued steel: a circular cut-out reveals another textured sheet of silver to create the moon.

The letters KD TA are stamped on the back of the pin, which might be the initials of two designers, but I don't know for sure: an online search didn't turn anything up (as usual).

Cityscape

Here's another pin by ND TA, the designer(s?) of Riverscape: the streetlamp is an element common to both. I chose it today because it's depth is more apparent than real, so it's a good analogy for some of the thinking I've been doing for a presentation. Fortunately, I haven't finished that thinking yet, so there's still hope for achieving something substantive...

I love this pin's use of materials and perspective to paint the picture of a street corner and skyline. The sidewalk (pavement), background skyscrapers and streetlamp are all silver, the foreground skyscrapers are copper, and the globe of the streetlamp is a pearl. The grey ground beneath the foreground skyscrapers is some kind of ceramic or ground stone, which subtly glitters like certain kinds of concrete - a very nice touch.

I still haven't found out anything about KD TA, which is a bummer. I'd like to know whether a lot of his/her/their work contains streetlamps, and whether he/she/they are into other styles or subjects. I'd buy more for sure.