This medallion is a good example of "married metal" casting: a series of castings, one upon another, wherein each casting is fused, or "married" to the next casting.
          Regarding this piece, first the bail was cast in 18K yellow gold.  Then the dolphins were cast using 22K yellow gold.  The bail and the dolphins were placed in the seascape which was sculpted in wax.  This wax sculpture of the seascape was then cast using sterling silver, and in so doing, the bail and dolphins became fused, "married" to the sterling silver seascape.  With this accomplished, the textured frame was sculpted around the seascape and up to the base of the bail, and then cast in 18K green gold.
          The end result is The Seascape Medallion composed of six individual sculptures married together; one side of the medallion presenting a bird's-eye view of golden dolphins swimming over and through a sterling silver seascape, and the other side presenting a fish's-eye view of those same golden dolphins swimming through and into a sterling silver seascape.
     The Seascape Medallion won first prize in the 1994 Southern California State Expo in Del Mar, California.