Steel and Stone necklace

This necklace has a industrial "feel" to it. It is full of color, depth and textures. I used annealed black steel wire in 2 gauges and roughly weaved it together. Afterwards, I wired an assorted mixture of stones such as ; agates, jaspers, dyed jades, citrine, amethysts, rose quartz and coral to the frame. Once in place, I wrapped the stones once again in random fashion with 24 Ga. wire. I used a chunky antiqued finished brass chain to hang it from. A brass and black heart charm dangles from the bottom of the pendant.

Fragments of summer

Summer is leaving us a little more every day. I can feel it in the crisp night air. I have dishes of mismatched summer beads on my desk. I had a handful of pastel briolettes lingering around like the last days of summer. They remind me of the Fragments of Summer.  I had just enough to make a scrumptious bracelet. There are turquoise, apple dyed jade, hot pink and light pink chalcedony, green chalcedony, butterscotch chalcedony, Aqua blue chalcedony, rose quartz, green adventurine, howlite, and swarovski crystals. The clasp is a 14kt gold filled heart toggle. What I really love is how it feels on my wrist. Very comfortable and rich.