Thursday, January 15, 2015

New Pendants & Chain Bracelets

I have to say I'm happy to be back working on the jewelry bench.
The top image is a Bruneau jasper pendant. Bruneau Idaho is located south of Boise. The Bruneau river is really beautiful area if you are ever passing through there. The other jewelry piece is a sterling silver pendant with an ocean jasper cabochon. The material is from Madagascar and is mined during low tide. Ocean jasper so unique and is prized among jewelry artists.
I've created a few sterling silver Etruscan chain bracelets. It's a time consuming process and each link is soldered and then weaved into each other.