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Description
(2014), 1" x 2.5" for the pendant, Silver Art Clay (cut, textured, fired, brushed, antiqued, polished and burnished), square cut Alexandrite, silver wire, bezel wire, bail finding.

The necklace and matching bracelet are strung with garnet, silver beads, a Bali silver accent bead, clasp findings, silver wire and Fireline

For this pendant I used a textured stamp with overlapping quotes from Poe's "The Raven". I slicked the stamp up with olive oil and rolled the clay onto it cutting three of the outside lines with a scalpel and tearing the bottom for a jagged look.

After the first firing I added a piece of twisted silver wire to eventually connect to the bail finding and set a bezel wire square to receive the square cut stone. I then set the stone, dipped the whole piece in liver of sulfur, polished and burnished it up and added the bail.

The Alexandrite has great color-play shifting between deep forest greens to rich burgundy hues depending on the light. So I complemented the piece with a choker strung with faceted garnet beads to bring out the deep wine notes.

Description
(2014), 1" x 2.5" for the pendant, Silver Art Clay (cut, textured, fired, brushed, antiqued, polished and burnished), square cut Alexandrite, silver wire, bezel wire, bail finding.

The necklace and matching bracelet are strung with garnet, silver beads, a Bali silver accent bead, clasp findings, silver wire and Fireline

For this pendant I used a textured stamp with overlapping quotes from Poe's "The Raven". I slicked the stamp up with olive oil and rolled the clay onto it cutting three of the outside lines with a scalpel and tearing the bottom for a jagged look.

After the first firing I added a piece of twisted silver wire to eventually connect to the bail finding and set a bezel wire square to receive the square cut stone. I then set the stone, dipped the whole piece in liver of sulfur, polished and burnished it up and added the bail.

The Alexandrite has great color-play shifting between deep forest greens to rich burgundy hues depending on the light. So I complemented the piece with a choker strung with faceted garnet beads to bring out the deep wine notes.