The Northern Lights set even southern skies ablaze with the beauty and brilliance of Aurora’s flame. With this necklace, the first work in Wings’s new trio, the Spirits Dance series, he pays tribute to the spirit of the dawn, the fiery power of the sun, the boreal glow of deepest night, and all the shades of the spirits who dance across the darkened sky. At center, eight spectacular giant orbs of high-grade lepidolite in shimmering lilac shades alternate, respectively, with bright green serpentine doughnut rondels and small rounds of syenite sodalite. Syenite minerals are found in the waters of northern Lake Michigan, where they have included with other minerals over time on a geologic scale; when exposed to ultra-violet light, they shift in color and glow brilliantly. This particular form of sodalite is marbled black and silvery-white, like the Bridge of Stars across the night sky; beneath ultra-violet light, they turn electric and translucent shades of magenta and amethyst. Here, they serve as accents additionally for South Sea shell pearls in shimmering green and pink and rose; for giant faceted vintage barrels of old, old green glass; for large sunset jasper barrels in marbled reds and purples and ivories and grays; and for the smaller anchor segments at either end: more green serpentine doughnut rondels flanked by genuine ruby, in larger rounds below and tiny faceted rondels above. Necklace is 22″ long (dimensions approximate). Designed jointly by Wings and Aji. Another view shown below. Necklace coordinates with Arctic Foxfire earrings and Polar Storm coil bracelet [sold]. From Wings’s new Spirits Dance limited series. Full view of necklace, full trio as a coordinating set, and both necklace and set under UV lighting shown below.
Strand: Tri-ply foxtail plated with silver; sterling silver findings;
Beads: High-grade lepidolite; serpentine; syenite sodalite; South Sea shell pearls;
vintage faceted green glass; sunset jasper; ruby
$400 + shipping, handling, and insurance
SOLD
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