Green Ombré EarringsOctober 2014 Jadeite, malachite, 14 karat gold Although I don't do a lot of bead work, I do have a decent supply of semi precious stone beads and occasionally look at them to inspire myself to think along tracks I don't usually follow; this tends to make the rest of my work more interesting as a result. I happened to fixate on three separate strands of beadstwo different colors of jadeite and one strand of malachitethat were each individually salable,

I had just purchased some ball burs

black diamonds

We chose a beautiful half-carat F-color SI clarity diamond as the centerpiece of the ring

but it didn't at all achieve the originally-stated design goal

陰 (yīn)

An appropriate piece for troubled times that call even more for amulets of protection and reminders of the hope and beauty in the world

June 201318 karat white gold

It's stamped with the Tèmè hallmark of the Navajo Nation

14 karat green gold

I set 56 tiny 0

Around the base of the palm is engraved a verse from the Tanakh that represents a particular meditation for each night

creating an interesting and unusual graphical effect for this type of pendant