Baltic Amber inspired illo

This is a piece I did as a comission for Baltic Amber Jewellers.

It was inspired by Polish Folk Art and marvellous and stunning works of Olaf Hajek.

I found some interesting facts about amber doing research for this task. Did you know that amber is sometimes confused with fossilized Sperm Whale poo. They can look confusingly same and you can tell the difference checking which one floats. Blimey.

i also found out that there is a gorgeous and rare type of Amber, which is blue (!) and can be found mainly in Dominican Republic I think.