Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The centerpiece is a huge Sleeping Beauty turquoise. It's a beautiful solid blue. The setting has vines set asymmetrically on one side. Similar vines have been cut out on the back, allowing the blue turquoise to peek through.
The chain has silver and turquoise beads - one set dangles in the back from the clasp and the other set is to one side of the pendant.
This took me too long to make. I kept fiddling with the design and it took me a while to get the bail just right so that the pendant would hang correctly at the neck, without tilting. There is a lot of heavy silver in this one, and the amount of silver in the design on the left made the pendant want to tilt. But I did get it finally get it right.
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what a beautiful setting for the sleeping beauty. nice job!
I'm learning that commissions can sometimes be difficult. I may need to rethink my strategy of listing cabs for custom orders. (Or have a stricter return/buy policy.)
I think you're so right and I'm only starting to learn that.
But then again, there's also the satisfaction of knowing that someone has been involved in creating their own piece of art. And that they own a one of a kind creation only meant for them.