Sea Love: une mascarade bijoux

Sea Love

I decided it would be fun to feature my latest Polyvore collage here as it was almost entirely constructed from pictures of jewelry. The bulk of the coral reef-like structure the two figures sit upon is an image of a gold and gem-encrusted masque, the sort one would wear as part of elaborate fancy dress or perhaps during Carnival, duplicated and re-positioned many times over.

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