Saturday, April 21, 2007

Emerge

Well, this is a bit more cheery than the last post. I also apologize to those who also read my beading blog, as I'll be cross-posting it there as well.

I created this necklace I call Emerge. It's got a few things I'm going to fiddle with on it, but I just couldn't wait to post it!

I'm not sure what the brown round beads are, but they're some kind of jasper. They are not as dark as they appear, though. The other brown beads are picture jasper, the oval blue/green ones are amazonite, and the bird tracks, letters, and bird's nest are ceramic beads. The drops are citrine, and they really add some liquid sunshine to the necklace.

You can probably guess that this necklace has personal meaning for me. It also has a kind of southwestern feel to it when I put it on, I think because the blues in this piece resemble turquoise, and of course the desert is well-represented in the browns; the bird tracks resemble petroglyphs, too.

I absolutely love this necklace! The extender chain is silver plated; the rest of the metal is sterling silver.

The meaning for me in this necklace, well, some of the meaning, is related to therapy.

What do you guys think?