In these times of prophecy and existential danger, we must make our lives and our work a prayer for the Earth. With this cuff in the form and shape of Eagle’s twinned feathers, Wings calls together an earth in miniature and the tools of ceremony: a constant reminder of our obligations always to channel our thoughts and words acts in the way they should go. The band, nearly an inch wide, is wrought entirely freehand, cut into the shape of a pair of eagle feathers conjoined at the center, all the cutwork performed by hand with the delicate blade of a jeweler’s saw. The individual barbs of each feather are scored similarly freehand using a plain chisel-edged stamp, wrought through scores, perhaps hundreds of strikes of the hammer, then hand-stamped in an orb-like mottled motif for realistic effect. The shaft is formed of a slender strand of sterling silver bead wire, each “bead” conjoined to the next and fully rounded for depth, the wire overlaid down the full length of the feathers’ very center. At either end sits a tiny round bezel-set cabochon of rich black onyx, a bit of earth and smoke to keep the wearer grounded even as its sends one’s prayers skyward. At the very center of the band, set into a low-profile scalloped bezel, rests a simulacrum of a rich green earth: an extraordinary oval of natural American turquoise, most likely from Colorado’s old King’s Manassa Mine, in a rich and glossy emerald green marbled with a flowing matrix of ivory host rock limned with golden-colored edges, the stone in its entirety producing an effect like that of Mother Earth, seen from above. Cuff is 6″ long by 1″ wide; bead wire shaft is 1/8″ across; focal cabochon is 7/8″ wide by 5/8″ high at the highest point; accent cabochons are 3/8″ across (dimensions approximate). Other views shown below.
Sterling silver; natural green American turquoise, probably King’s Manassa (Colorado); onyx
$1,500 + shipping, handling, and insurance
SOLD
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