Glow Leopard

Some brooches, like this leopard, are too nice to live in a drawer. So, I built this functional (unnamed beauty) brooch a cave of painted driftwood where it can be admired all the time. A glacier of iridescent fibers and crystal beads is nestled in a giant abalone shell. The leopard claims it's pincushion, darker than the surrounding snow and surrounded by glow in the dark French knots. The painted snow flowing down the driftwood cave glows and so does the inside of the cave.