TRANSFORMATION José Hess Keeping in mind, that aside from the theme, the finished object should be a thing of beauty, it occurred to me that a butterfly was ideal for this project, considering how a butterfly is formed. Transforming from an egg on vegetation or the ground, to a caterpillar, to a pupae and finally becoming a beautiful butterfly. Thinking of the butterfly in the forest, I started the design with a tree branch (silver with chocolate gold coating) on which the butterfly rests and added stone carvings of a caterpillar (green chrysoprase) and pupae/chrysalis (tiger’s eye) as a fantasy in color. For contrast, the butterfly was made in platinum, held by a platinum chain to create a necklace. 52