Monday, October 6, 2008

Lichen

I love turquoise with major matrix, so when I seek it out I want it to look just like this stone:



And then I want to put it in a beautiful setting and fight the urge to keep it forever, because I know there are certain pieces that belong elsewhere.
There's a quietness to this piece that I like:


the little hammer marks are quick becoming my favorite thing about silversmithing. It reminds me of tooling leather, which I will be doing for the rest of the day after I finish here.
Much much much love to you all this beautiful Monday!!!

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