backyard leaves

"Cuando quieres algo, todo el Universo conspira para que realices tu deseo." ~ Paulo Coelho  

I'm journeying through the pages of the Alchemist again today while enjoying this beautiful spring-like weather with Sol!  These leaf bangles were inspired by a customer's vision as well as all the dried leaves with curly edges that I find necessary to gather and bring into the house -- fallen cottonwood leaves collected by the river, elegant ash leaves draped across the backyard.  White birch is native to Colorado as well.

Each leaf is double-sided so that it will look beautiful whichever way it decides to flip.  The bangles begin as some wire and sheet metal and after 4.5 solid hours at the bench, 6 solder joins, 30+ little hand-scribed lines, 16 little hand-stamped letters and countless strokes with sandpaper and my new jewelers' saw -- voilà!  A leaf bangle! I hope you enjoy :)

shop update: tomorrow, Feb. 29th (12p Mountain Time) ☾

gem silica

worlds within ☾

Magical stones!  These open-back pendants features all-natural pieces of gem silica, set in my hand-crafted, mixed-metal setting.  A distressed oxidized finish make them  perfect for easy everyday wear.  Signed with some antlers, both the chain and the back of the setting are made from recycled/ethically mined sterling silver. The copper around the stone is raw and will darken with time.

sugilite

the top of the mountain ☾

chain: 18" oxidized sterling silver

a little triangle of all-natural sugilite sits in my raw copper and silver open-back setting. pierced to let the light through an otherwise deeply colored stone, this little gem brightens in the sunshine and sits directly against the skin ~~ another healing stone ~~

From the lapidary:
"Here is a buff bar of highly translucent sugilite "gel", cut from some very old stock rough. This triangle has great color and took a nice polish.  A lucky find at Tucson this year.  The rough material is now close to impossible to find at any price.  But I found some small pieces at an ungodly high price.  It doesn't get much better than this. Collector quality for sure. Bright sugilite gel, with a hint of gem richterite."