This one of a kind necklace is entirely handwoven using traditional silversmithing techniques. It features a large blue crystal Ethiopian opal with much better greens and blues in person than these photos have captured. I chose to accent the focal stone with a deep orange Mexican fire opal creating a balance between warm and cool colour variations of the same stone. The geometry and composition of the pendant are entirely created in response to the stones.
This piece is made of both fine and sterling silver and has a surprise blue Australian opal on the back. That's three different types of completely natural untreated opals from all over the world! This piece has been oxidized and polished to bring out the details in the weaving. The back is finished and comfortable to wear.
- Blue Crystal Opal
- Orange Fire Opal
- Australian Opal
- 4.5cm tall
- Sterling and Fine Silver
- 18" sterling silver chain like pictured.
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Precious opal is highly valued for its prismatic play of colour, a unique optical property which creates rainbows trapped within. Brilliance, brightness, strength, pattern, body color, and color direction all determine a stones value. The rarest and most coveted color is red, followed by orange, yellow, green, blue and violet. Each opal has its own personality and no two are the same. Choose a stone with colours that speak to you, individual tastes play a big part in selecting the right one.
Opal has been associated with love, passion, desire and eroticism. It is a seductive stone, intensifying emotional states and releasing inhibitions. Wearing an opal is said to bring about loyalty and faithfulness while stimulating originality and dynamic creativity. It aids in accessing one’s true self, finding answers, and helps you to understand your full potential.
Opal amplifies traits, whether those traits are good or bad, and brings characteristics to the surface for transformation. It enhances self worth, confidence and self-esteem. It also brings lightness and spontaneity. It can help you to pick up thoughts and feelings, amplify and return them to their source. It is a karmic stone and encourages positive emotions. It teaches that what you put out comes back to you, and is a protective stone in dangerous places
You will always receive the exact opal pictured. I do my best to describe and capture them in different lighting and as accurately as possible. Colours may look different from monitor to monitor.
All my jewelry settings are handcrafted in response to my hand cut one of a kind gemstones. I aim to do each stone justice by listening to what they want, cutting and crafting a setting to fully showcase it in the jewellery it was always meant to be. You always get a one of a kind art piece for you to wear, born of the earth and crafted especially for you.