A walk on the beach, collecting bits as you go along-- shell fragments, water-tossed stones, sea glass, driftwood, fossilzed coral, bits of string and old metal, a message in a bottle, the occasional treasure from a faraway land, the odd bone . . .
This piece features four 2-drop peyote panels fringed with a selection of wampum, sea glass, stones, lapis, pearls, carnelian and other gems, Grecian copper-dipped clay, porcelain, copper rings, paper beads from fieldandsea, a tiny Horus from Egypt, fosslized coral, a deer antler, 3 cylindrical foclas from LisaPetersART, lutrick and dancingstarbeads focals, driftwood, bones and other treasure.
I connected the panels with sterling rings to copper rings. I edged the panels with oxidized chain and clasped it with a handmade sterling 's' hook. I also left threads hanging to complete the rustic look.
I'm so pleased with this one. I crammed all sorts of wonderful goodies in it-- so it's pricey. It's worth every single penny of course, but if this doesn't sell, I'm not worried. You can find me in Hawaii--I'm the girl walking down the beach in the major necklace.
It's very pretty! I could see a piece like that getting a lot of use! Nice combination of textures and colours.
ReplyDeleteYou put a lot of wonderful pieces in your work. I can see it as someone going down the beach picking up a piece of this and a piece of that.
ReplyDeleteThis one would be really really hard to let go of. It's magnificent, Sarah!
ReplyDeleteWow, this is so cool. Fantastic job!!!
ReplyDeleteIf I owned this no one else would get to see it because my hands wouldn't be able to stop playing with all the pieces, bouncing as I walk on the sand (see what you've done? I've bought into the whole fantasy) :D
ReplyDeleteyou just keep getting better and better. this one is even more fantastic than your snow queen necklace ( but nothing beats that ancestors cuff! i still dream about that piece)
ReplyDeleteSimply splendid!
ReplyDeleteOMG Sarah - this piece is awesome - it is just so amazing I am - well - almost speechless!!!! I LOVE it. It is so creative and different - something you keep coming back to look at and discover something new. Oh the stories this necklace could tell!!!!
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