We live beneath the arc of a cobblestone sky, pebbled with clouds, dust, and drops of rain, and held limned, day and night, in the silvery light. With this cuff, Wings calls down path of the overhead blue, the gifts of precipitation, and the framing light of sun, moon, and stars. The band is wrought of solid fourteen-gauge sterling silver, weighty and substantial, cut wide and classic with smooth, subtly rounded corners. Lengths of sterling silver braided wire form a narrow border on all sides, the space between it and the edge chased in a repeating pattern of crescents linked by tiny hoops, evoking distant suns and closer moons. In the broad space between borders, Wings has filled the silver with a scatter inlay of lightly polished and very, very old nuggets from Wings’s personal collection — tiny bits of pebble turquoise in brilliant sky blues and soft greens, like celestial cobblestones paving the path of the light. The pebble turquoise is set atop the silver via translucent jeweler’s glue, clear as glass, and sealed in place with more of the same. Cuff is 6″ long by 1-3/4″ wide; inlay area is 1-3/16″ wide (dimensions approximate). Other views shown below.
Sterling silver; old natural turquoise
$2,500 + shipping, handling, and insurance
Side 1:
Underside:
Side 2 (note: the green appearance here is a function of the light; the pebble turquoise consists of both blue and green, but it’s majority blue):
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