Karen's Impression Jasper

My best friend was here for two weeks for a visit. I hadn't seen her in 4 years. She picked this piece up out a bunch of focals I had made up and we put together a necklace for her. The copper chain and beads as well as the labradorite and shell coins matched perfectly with the bronze and green in the impression jasper cabochon.

The wrap is made with all round wire, no half round or square, as I was trying to keep myself busy at a slow market and that was all I had on hand.

Larimar Spiral

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Wow ........... Larimar and enough sterling to sink a battle ship. Rough, gorgeous, high quality. This piece has it all. 18 inches and it looks like ice glowing in the sun. This piece will go on sale next week on my jewelry site http://www.szarkas.com/ . Never another like it. I may put it in the Magpie Gemstones store under treasures as well. Not sure yet.

Before you ask ......... yes there is more in Auction on eBay . The nuggets usd on this one was only a half strand that I found in all the larimar I picked from and was the only one just like this. That is why the larimar is in auction, every strand is so unique I couldn't build listings for it.

Azurite Triangle.

This beauty is an azurite cab that was mined in the 1980's. It has not a drop of malachite in it. The deep blue is mesmerizing. The heishi are azurite malachite with only the very occasional spot of malachite green. The heishi lays in line with the cab when worn. Looks so great on. It is longer. About 22 inches. I will put it up for sale next week in http://www.szarkas.com/ . For those who want to know if I have more there was only one, the supplier only had one of each. These are one of a kind in every way imaginable.

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Wild Horse and Sterling

Second wrap I did on this Wild Horse Cab. It is so large I have been having a hard time with it. I think this one is a keeper but I may change my mind. The Wild Horse turquoise is not actually turquoise but a magnesite. It is a rare and beautiful stone. For sale on my Magpie Gemstones site here.

Larimar Thunder

Luscious red larimar nuggets and focal made up with a lightening bolt for my ol man. Oh it looks sooooo good on him!

Gemstones for Sale

Solar Lapis and Turquoise

This is one of those pieces that had to be taken apart 6 times before it was right. HUGE lapis rondelles, gorgeous turquoise discs and rich in sterling. I really like this piece, I think. For sale in my jewelry shop http://www.szarkas.com/

Apatite Scorpion, Apatite Swirl and Pineapple Drops Necklaces

My work bench is clean and I now have glases and it worked. The muse has been awoken.

These pieces are all made with my son's borosilica glass work. It matched beautifull with apatite, opalite, pineapple quartz and kyanite. These look amazing on. They glow.

If you click on the picture I do believe they get bigger.

You can see them for sale on my jewelry site http://www.szarkas.com/ in the next few days.

More Fetish Necklaces

These necklaces are kits I made up for the eBay store www.turquoisemagpie.com . All the beads necessary to make a copy.

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Fetish Necklaces

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Creative Slump

I have not made jewelry in a long time. Every time I look at my work bench I become nauseous. I thought it was a deep seated psychological issue. Maybe I was working too hard on the bead business. I was at a loss.

Acupuncture, movement workshops, self help books, and more trying to figure out the creativity crash.

I decided I would never make jewelry again. I thought reverse psychology might work.

Everyday, hundreds of times a day I came up with a new design ......... but would not do it.

I went to a jewelry meet up the other day and someone made a crack about my looking at my wire from the end of my extended arm and about my 40 year old eyes needing glasses. Someone else remarked how I use those cheater reading glasses and I piped up with the fact that they make me so nauseous after I make something I am motion sick for the rest of the night.

Doh

So my body has been reacting in advance to the torture I was about to put it through.

I guess I either need minions to make my designs or .......... I have to go get real glasses eh?

Lets hope jewelry starts to spike out of me once I have them on. I will post a picture. Oy.


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