Category: Necklaces

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Stunning 14kt Yellow Gold Enamel and Amethyst Pendant

Magic happens when two artists collaborate! The rich colors and stunning textures of this pendant blow me away every time.

What a success! My gemstones and cuttlebone casting combined with my fellow artist Ligia’s purple iris enameled piece create a fabulous pendant.

In this commissioned piece, a talented friend of mine that I have worked with for many years came to me with an enameled purple iris of hers to set into a pendant. I designed a setting for her beautiful enameled piece that incorporated the organic forms from the cuttle bone casting technique. I feel this setting really highlights the natural beauty of the subject. I accented her enameled piece with a bezel set oval faceted amethyst at the top of the pendant.

I have worked previously with Ligia, a miniature artist, several times. Her talent for enameling, paired with my metal work has created some very stunning art pieces.

I have worked together with many other artists over my 40 years of experience, setting their creations to complete the design. Would you like to collaborate?

If you are also an artist and have ideas for working together, please send me a DM with a proposal.

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Sterling Silver and Tigereye Hide Away Box Pendant

Yo HO Yo HO… a pirates life for meeee!

This commissioned piece is a good example of how existing jewelry can be turned into something new! My customer had a large green tigereye stone ring that broke at the shank. We came up with a fun solution to use the stone as the centerpiece for a sterling silver box pendant, that could open up! When opened, the hinge allows the pendant to reveal a small space. It’s perfect for hiding secret pirate treasure!

We even added a skull and cross bone design to where the secret box snaps shut, completing the pirate design.

Hmmm, I guess it’s Yo HO Yo HO, a pirates life for Ron!

    

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14kt White and Yellow Gold Diamond Anniversary Pendant

Anniversary Pendant
A portion of the track mechanism is visible just below the bail
Original sketch, diamond position later changed
This was one of my more challenging commissioned pieces from October 2016. One of my long time clients wanted a special pendant for his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary. He wanted to use both of their initials (N and Z), and to have a diamond set within a 14kt pendant of both white and yellow gold. The mechanics were challenging to design, as he wanted the letters of their initials to be able to be interchangeable by rotating. I came up with a design that would allow that interchangability by creating a track on the back of the pendant, in which the bail is able to change positions, which in turn rotates the whole pendant, and gives the impression of the “Z” changing to an “N” and vise versa.
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Show Stopper Sterling Silver, Moorsinite, and Yellow Citrine Pendant

Moorsinite stone elegantly balanced with a citrine

Elegant balance achieves show-stoping beauty…

Ribbons of silver gently accentuate the curves of this triangular moorsinite stone. A citrine balances in the corner, tantilizing the movement of your eye.

I bezel set this shield style Moorsinite stone and surrounded it with a curling ribbon of sterling silver. I accented the corner of the piece with a pear shaped yellow citrine for off balance charm.

Priced at $350. Unsurprisingly, this show stopper found a home very quickly and is SOLD.

While this piece has SOLD, we can always design a similar one together! Contact me!

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Sterling Silver, Crazy Lace Agate, and Carnelian Pendant on Jasper, Smokey Quartz and Sterling Silver Beaded Necklace

 

In this pendant, I have combined several different colors together. The center stone, a large special open geode of crazy lace agate is topped with sterling silver pieces cast in a combination of using cuttlebone style and broom cast techniques. A small carnelian cab is bezel set in silver to pull the necklace beads and the pendant together. The necklace has a variety of jasper, faceted smokey quartz and metal beads strung with heavy tiger tail and finished with a sterling sliver toggle style clasp. Priced at $400.