In the hour glass piece, coloured stone is used in an almost painterly way. The large tapered areas of labradorite are like canvases within their circular frame. Around one half of the circle, the colour palette and pattern are both rich and varied (a type of labradorite found on Tabor Island near Nain, Labrador). The other half circle of stone is pure blue with a subtle pattern of thin parallel lines (a crystalline formation called “twinning”).
