A punched-tin folk-art relief forming one irregularly shaped medallion slice floating free with no background at all: the area surrounding the slice is completely transparent (alpha = 0) - not white, not colored, no surface, no checkerboard pattern. The slice is a radiant sun medallion hammered from silver tin: a central sun disc with rays of alternating curled and straight tin strips, each ray covered in punched dot patterns, with painted accents in coral, teal, and gold on the tin surface, and small tin leaves and stars tucked between the rays. The metal shows hammer marks and gentle waviness. At its boundary the piece ends the way tinwork ends: rays run out short, one curled strip comes loose, a corner of tin curls up and away, and a few loose punched dots scatter into the transparency, so the artwork looks finished at its heart and unfinished at its rim.
The slice sits fully intact with clear transparent margin on every side; the transparency extends uniformly to all four borders of the canvas. Soft directional light catches the hammered relief only within the slice. No text appears anywhere. 1:1 square composition.
