The first thaw is a dance of snow and sun, of a warming earth and a newborn green. Wings brings together all the colors of this threshold season in this necklace, a cascade of soft color and gentle light. The focal point of the strand consists of eight glossy, chunky nuggets of translucent yellow quartz, each fabulously freeform in shape and lit from within by the shades of an early sun. Between each nugget rest small round orbs of refractive green garnet, shimmering in the light, Moving upward toward either end of the strand, single round beads of old brass set off each new segment: first, picture jasper, marbled like a sandy earth; the, hand-carved African bone beads in barrel shapes, half varnished in the rich shades of spring mud at thaw, the other half the near-pure white of the retreating snows, all alternating with the bright jade of the first blades of grass. Beads are strung on high-grade tri-ply plated foxtail held with oversized sterling silver findings. Necklace hangs 21″ long, excluding findings (dimensions approximate). Designed jointly by Wings and Aji; coordinates with A New Sun earrings and The Last of the Winter Light coil bracelet. Full view shown below.
Beads: Yellow quartz; green garnet; jade; old brass beads; picture jasper;
varnished and plain hand-carved African bone beads; ocean jasper
Findings and strand: sterling silver findings; tri-ply silver-plated foxtail
$375 + shipping, handling, and insurance
SOLD
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