Kambaba Jasper and Copper Necklace

Kambaba Jasper and Copper Necklace, $34

This necklace contains so many of ny favourite design elements that I don't really know if I will be able to part with it. But of course I will.


First of all the kambaba jasper is my absolute favourite of the jaspers. That deep forest green, the oolites and swirls, the shiny surface and hardness of the jasper. Then the fact that life's early history is written in these stones - they are fossilized stromatolite algae, one of the earliest forms of life on our planet.

Copper has gone from being my practice wire to being a favourite material in its own right. The warm brown of oxidized copper. Mmmmm.

The Indian Eye shape of the focal stone making it look like some kind of leaf from a prehistoric plant. It has movement and life in some way.

And last, but not least, the design element of wrapping rolo chain onto the outside or inside perimeter of a frame using fine gague wire.

I have used small kambaba rice beads 6x4mm and a flattened curb chain in copper. The unusual clasp is, of course, my own design.

For sale in my Etsy shop for $34.

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