Description
This little sea turtle is hand-cast in brass and finished with an oxidized teal-green patina that lets warm gold tones peek through along the shell ridges, flippers, and face. It’s small enough to sit in the palm of a hand, but the detail is all there — a textured shell, a gently upturned head, and a stance that makes it look like it’s mid-glide across a desk or shelf.
As with any hand-finished brass casting, the patina builds up unevenly on purpose, so the exact pattern of green and gold on your turtle will be its own — no two are ever brushed or aged in quite the same way. You can still see the fine tool marks in the shell scoring and the slightly soft edges around the flippers, small signs of a mould poured and cleaned up by hand rather than stamped out.
It’s an easy one to give without much explanation — a housewarming gift for someone who keeps a bare desk, or a quiet nod to a beach trip you took together, rather than another generic trinket. At roughly 5 x 5 x 2 cm, it’s built for a shelf, a windowsill, or a spot right next to the keyboard.
**The Artisan’s Mark**
Each figure begins as molten brass, poured by hand using traditional lost-wax casting. Small casting marks, subtle variation in the patina, and slight differences in weight or finish are the natural result of this process — not imperfections, but the artisan’s signature on every piece.
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