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         This piece has been the funnest to do out of all the pieces Ive done. It is a brass heart with the aquarius symbol on top of it with etching of small lines on each piece. The difficult parts was making the ring even so that it stood up by itself. The filing and sawing was pretty easy and the etching was a cool new experience. I wish I could've took more of the patina of the middle of thew heart because it was hard to get to, but besides that, I felt satisfied with this piece.

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