A Minor Setback

I've had a minor set back physically, but am on the mend and will be back to full health soon!  I'm taking this down time to soak up some amazing sunshine and take slow walks around the gardens.  It's truly spring and the daffodils are amazing! 

Hoping as I feel better, some new studio designs will emerge.  Talk soon.

Two Styles Merge -- Reticulation and Minnows

Recently I was contacted to create a pendant.  The woman loved my jewelry designs and had a stone that she wanted me to work with.  I was happy to work with her and the stone and we met to discuss the project.  After a fun story about her property, pond, and minnows, we worked on a design to feature my textured reticulation, as well as a minnow.  I drew up 4 designs and this is the one that she selected:

Reticulated silver rectangle 1 5/8 inches wide with a sterling wire squiggle and balls and a gem cut quartz bezeled in fine silver.  We wanted the minnow to have a hammered pattern and wiggle. 

And here's the finished pendant!   

I love the way the reticulated metal evokes the feeling of undulating water and the balls creating bubbles from the fish.  Loretta loved it and so do I!