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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Larvikite Cylinder and Copper Necklace

Larvikite and Copper Necklace $18

A necklace handmade by me from copper wire and copper chain with 5 larvikite stone cylinders, a form of black labradorite only found in southern Norway. (Read more about the Norwegian National Rock Larvikite here.) The clasp is a design element and located on the side of the neck, well visible from the front. It has a twin spring link on the other side. 

The chain around the back of the neck is of a scroll/myriad type, and the whole piece is relatively short albeit not a choker style necklace. It rests on the collarbones.

I can list this necklace on Etsy.com or Artfire.com if you are interested in purchasing it.

There is a matching bracelet for this here.

Halsband av koppar och larvikitcylindrar

Halsband av larvikit och koppar $18

Ett halsband i koppar med larvikitcylindrar som ska matcha armbandet med 5 larvikitcylindrar. (Läs mer om Norges nationalbergart här) Haspen sitter på sidan väl synligt framifrån, och har sin motsvarighet i en kopparfjäder på andra sidan. Runt nacken går en kedja av skroll-modell (scroll chain, eller myriad chain, eller vad man nu vill kalla det). Halsbandet är ganska kort och sitter högt så att larvikitcylindrarna vilar på nyckelbenen.

Jag kan lägga ut detta till försäljning på Etsy.com eller Artfire.com om du är intresserad av att köpa det, eller köpa det av mig personligen i Stockholm.

Det finns ett matchande armband till halsbandet här.