Trudon Ernesto The Alabasters Candle Plates Weathered with time

Weathered with time

A living oak leaf hydrangea leaf was used to capture the intricate leaf of this flowering plant native to North America that would be a delightful decorative dish or functional plate for serving small nuts

and a large red hand knit mitten in which to tell the story and store the woodland creatures

each detail is thoughtfully rendered

and an orca

Trudon Ernesto The Alabasters Candle Plates Weathered with timeIn a Havana hotel beneath the unblinking sun of the Revolution, the fierce partisan notes of leather and tobacco mingle with the waxed hush of wood paneling. In the cool half light, tawny grimaces glint through cigar smoke and beside the gleam of gun barrels.