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lapis lazuli and silver pendant – made with love

Morgan, my lovely longest-standing best friend in the world, asked if I could make a lapis lazuli and silver pendant for her mum whom I have known since I was little, so I was happy to oblige!

Lapis Lazuli and Sterling Silver Pendant

Bet is an amazing actor and director, and was the person who first introduced me to the wonderful world of fabulous large jewellery. I remember being in awe of her dressing table contents, and my love of huge chunky rings stems from Bet. She has been a role model and inspiration to me in many ways throughout my life. Among many other things she is a strong, progressive, independent woman with a wicked sense of humour and an amazing sense of fashion.  I like to think I now share some of those attributes with her!

Lapis Lazuli and Sterling Silver Pendant

I created the pendant with a cut-away back, so that the stone can touch the skin. What started out as three lilies (I know, more like toadstools in the end!) represent Bet’s three beautiful daughters.

Lapis Lazuli and Sterling Silver Pendant

It’s a bit of a statement piece as you can see from the size – just the way we like it!

Love you Bet. 🤗 xx

{As shown in this lapis lazuli and silver pendant, lapis and silver go beautifully together. Afghanis have mined lapis for over 6,000 years. It is believed to be good for communications and good judgement, for enhancing memory, and to attract success. You can see some other lapis pieces I have made here on the blog; like this lapis, silver and gold ring and this lapis and garnet bangle. You can find some more information about the gemstone lapis lazuli here.}

Charoite and Sterling Silver Pendant

charoite and silver pendant – art for an artist

My gorgeous friend and lovely client, Margaret Ingles, is a wonderful artist and I am always thrilled when she asks me to create something for her – this charoite and silver pendant was no exception. You can see some of my past work for Marg including these coherent wave pendants, this amazonite, chrysoprase, topaz, and turquoise infinity pendant and this blue drusy agate and sterling silver ring.

Charoite and Sterling Silver Pendant

I searched around for the right gemstone for Marg. She decided this beautiful teardrop shaped cabochon was perfect for her new charoite and silver pendant.

Charoite and Sterling Silver Pendant

I was so glad to be able to make this lovely piece for a lovely person! Check out Margaret’s amazing art on her website. I just adore her hyper-realistic painting style – ‘Morning’ from ‘These Hands’ and ‘Devotion’ from ‘Bliss’ are two of my favourites. While I am very glad to be a silversmith, I reserve a certain awe for people who can transcribe vision to paper through the medium of paint!

Charoite is a beautiful gemstone, often found in Russia. That glorious purple is always stunning, and isn’t it amazing that it comes out of the ground like that! The name charoite comes from the Russian ‘chary’ – charms or magic. You can read more about charoite here.

Rhodochrosite and Sterling Silver Pendant

rhodochrosite and silver pendant – take two

My lovely client from Paris, Helena, emailed me because the rhodochrosite and silver pendant I made for her mother a while back had gone missing, so she wondered if I could build her another one.

Rhodochrosite and Sterling Silver Pendant

Hunting around for another piece of rhodochrosite that would be as beautiful as the first was fun. After I provided Helena with a few options, she and her dad settled on this gorgeous teardrop shaped cabochon for the new rhodochrosite and silver pendant.

Rhodochrosite and Sterling Silver Pendant

Rhodochrosite is such a beautiful gemstone. You can read more about it here. I love the way the cross section of this stone looks as though it was cut from a stalagtite. I was so glad to be able to make this lovely piece for a lovely person!

Rhodochrosite and Sterling Silver Teardrop Pendant

Rhodochrosite Teardrop Pendant

A lovely client from Paris got in touch and asked me to find the perfect stone to make her mother a pendant.

Rhodochrosite and Sterling Silver Teardrop Pendant

This amazing and unusual piece of rhodochrosite fit the bill!

Rhodochrosite and Sterling Silver Teardrop Pendant

I love knowing that my pieces are scattered around the world – it’s a great feeling!