Steam-sea

As if everything had to turn to mark the passage of time and life. There is no clear distinction between man and nature, it is not clear if man dominates nature or if the vitality of nature looms over the actions of man. With this backdrop, gears are turned by the power of vapour, but nature tries to have the better, coral growing and hosting a thriving anemone. It is the perfect environment for fish swimming in a sea that is all the same dominated by the strength of man. The composition reflects the cultural and artistic philosophy known as Steampunk, born in the 1980s in contrast with hypertechnological progress, featuring technological developments based on vapour rather than electricity and combustion engines.

The use of silicon and polycarbonate moulds results in simple pieces that, once assembled, create elaborate branches. The smooth style of the anemone provides ample space for art and personal creativity. The fish are light and stylized, the use of an airbrush adding simple yet refined style. The dark, cold colours are perfect Steampunk, only a few points being highlighted with lively colours.

• Cast chocolate to give shape to the various gears that will come together to create the base. Use a steel ring covered with a silicon mould shaped like a gear. Use this method to make gears of various sizes.

• Use bivalve silicon moulds to create coral trunk and branches. The typical red colouring is applied with an airbrush using liposoluble colours having a cocoa butter base.

• Use a cutter on dark chocolate callets to create stars and fringes that will combine to make the anemone. Each tip will be sprayed silver to make them shiny and to provide a sense of movement.

• Use two half spheres made of dark chocolate to form the anemone. Starting from the base, add the various fringes, maintaining fluid and uniform movement.

•  Use the cutter again to crumble the milk-chocolate callets, giving them the shape of a rock.

• Use a silicon mat to slowly pour white chocolate over the stylized fish. Use a grill to spray green colouring, making the fish look like it has scales.

• Use a bubbled acetate mat and tempered white chocolate to make half spheres that represent air bubbles around the fish.