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Description
(2008) 2.5" for the pendant including bail, 16" for the necklace. Silver clay (shaped, carved, fired, enameled and antiqued) enamel (orange, amber, woodrow red), yellow jade and garnet beads, silver lentil beads, Hill Tribe silver beads, silver wire, clasp finding.

Finally I'm back to doing clay work, and with some commissions coming up and some Christmas presents on the way, there should be more in the next few weeks.

For the four element pendants I chose the traditional alchemistical triangle symbols, a triangle pointing upwards for Air and Fire, a triangle pointing downwards for Water and Earth. The triangles for Air and Earth also have a horizontal line bisecting it, which I tried to incorporate by giving those two pendants more of a horizontal composition, and Fire and Water pendants more of a vertical one.

I carved the design of flames curling upwards into the Fire pendant and then filled the carved areas with enamel powder. After firing I matched the colors with gemstones that fit best with the hues, in this case burnt yellow jade rondelle beads and garnet to accentuate the deep reddish hues of the woodrow red enamel.

Description
(2008) 2.5" for the pendant including bail, 16" for the necklace. Silver clay (shaped, carved, fired, enameled and antiqued) enamel (orange, amber, woodrow red), yellow jade and garnet beads, silver lentil beads, Hill Tribe silver beads, silver wire, clasp finding.

Finally I'm back to doing clay work, and with some commissions coming up and some Christmas presents on the way, there should be more in the next few weeks.

For the four element pendants I chose the traditional alchemistical triangle symbols, a triangle pointing upwards for Air and Fire, a triangle pointing downwards for Water and Earth. The triangles for Air and Earth also have a horizontal line bisecting it, which I tried to incorporate by giving those two pendants more of a horizontal composition, and Fire and Water pendants more of a vertical one.

I carved the design of flames curling upwards into the Fire pendant and then filled the carved areas with enamel powder. After firing I matched the colors with gemstones that fit best with the hues, in this case burnt yellow jade rondelle beads and garnet to accentuate the deep reddish hues of the woodrow red enamel.