Silver Alloy Leaf

A ginkgo leaf was selected to turn into its corresponding silver sculpture. To enhance the performance of this silver leaf, as shown in the following pictures, the leaf blade was alloyed with palladium and the leaf petiole was alloyed with gold.

Ginkgo Leaf Fossil – Silver on Stone

We drew a ginkgo leaf on a stone by using silver metal. Owing to the strong adhesion between silver and stone, hence we could not separate the silver by knife. The thickness of silver is around 0.2 to 0.4 mm. Therefore, as shown in the following picture, the silver sculpture is a ginkgo leaf fossil.