Thistle Ceramic Pendant Necklace in Gift Pouch

A sweet gift for mother, daughter, sister, grandma, gardener, flower lover, nature lover, teacher, dog walker…  Find Thistle Ceramic Pendant Necklace in our shop Made to Order.  Magnetic barrel closure on an 18” coated cable with a 2 1/4 x 1 1/2” Turkish silver-plated pendant filled with our handcarved ceramic tile.  Like all of our jewelry and belt buckles, this necklace comes ready for gifting in a one-of-a-kind, pretty gift pouch (each pouch varies in color and design).  Please order early as each piece is individually hand carved and made to order but worth the wait!

Turquoise Bracelet with Smoky Quartz and Recycled Glass Beads from Africa

The idea of using recycled materials in our work not only because it makes us feel good that we are diverting materials from the waste stream, but also because they just have a charm and patina all of their own.  We made this three strand chain link bracelet with turquoise and smoky quartz but also sourced recycled glass beads from Africa. These brown beads are produced in large part by the African Krobo tribe using a century’s old method where powdered glass is poured into clay molds and baked in a specialized oven. The bicone shaped metal beads are handmade individually and are from Ethiopia. 

We love the ethnic look when all the stones and beads are combined.  Each bracelet, and really each jewelry piece we create, are unique pieces due to the use of these natural materials. We may make several of these bracelets but they will not be exact duplications of stones and beads, but they will be made in the same spirit as the one you see pictured. See this bracelet and more of our jewelry in our shop>>>

The Zen of Jewelry Making

We really love what we do and feel so lucky to sort of be in charge of our day…. most days.  It’s great to be able to have a long term larger commission to work on or a bigger project which requires more detailed thought and planning.  But, man, it can be so satisfying to sit down at our worktable and just create little works or art in the form of jewelry.  Wearable art. 

Instead of a palette of glazes and underglazes before us, we have trays of stones and findings and little ceramic compositions we made from stoneware clay.  The earrings in the picture are made from the semiprecious stones of turquoise and smoky quartz sandwiched around a decorative metal cap.  Find them in our shop >>

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Turquoise and Smoky Quartz Artist Made Jewelry

We are trying to be a little more thoughtful in the way we work and present our jewelry collections.  We fight to keep a lid on our desire to create in the moment so that we can service the more practical need of running a business.  Guess it’s the yin and yang of life! 

The group we show in this post is from our Turquoise and Smoky Quartz collection.  Clare especially loves combining these two semiprecious stones.  You can find jewelry made with turquoise (and our mosaic wall art and belt buckles too!) here.