In a Single drop of Water

…. life exists. Spiralling upwards through the darkness, up towards the light.

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For the JewelyClub’s [link] “Nature inspired” contest. This necklace actually began last November for a completely other project, but I got stuck and put it away as I only had the frame and didn’t know how to continue. Then this contest came and I started to search for my inspiration. Now, my Muse and I have a very straight forward relationship. She tells me what to do and I do it, so when “we” saw this amazing macro shot “Little Green World” [link] by *Sandy515 [link] , my Muse jumped high and started to give me orders.

In her description Irene (Sandy515) says “…some warm green color and a tiny drop on a fern.”. The trigger here being “fern”. I love ferns. I adore ferns. I love how they look and how the feel to the touch. I even like the smell of ferns. And all at once I start… sorry… my Muse started to give me pictures of young fern leaves, spiralling and stretching up and out towards the bright spring light. And then I knew I had to use that necklace frame that’d been sitting on my desk for so long.

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Heavy gauge sterling silver wire was shaped into a flowing shape and then wrapped with hair thin sterling silver wire. I crocheted two backdrops for the two “drops” and wrapped them to the frame and on these backdrops I then … well, in lack of a better word, sewed faceted rondelles of Peridot and Vesuvianite on to it. These stones sparkle and glisten softly and give a very subdued and elegant shine to the necklace. To further enhance the feeling I oxidised the whole piece dark grey and gave it a good polish to for shine.

“In a Single drop of Water” is an exceedingly comfortable necklace. It is very flexible and also adjustable so it will fit almost any sized neck, but the necklace will position it self best (with the two drops fairly snug against each other) if you neck is up to 40cm (15.8in.) in circumference.

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