I'm thrilled to introduce my new ANTIQUITY series

Each one of the silver greyhound images is individually molded, carved, sanded, fired, re-sanded, buffed, tumbled, oxidized and finally hand polished from .999 pure silver before being mounted on semi precious stones.

To compliment the natural, organic look and shape of the stones, I  carefully tore the edges and oxidized each piece to create a unique one of a kind,  ancient almost hieroglyphic effect...I LOVE the way these turned out!

The Pendant : For this necklace I used HOME RUN, our new pendant release based on the original art work of Kellie Oliphant-Burns and carefully mounted it  to a gorgeous robins egg blue colored turquoise stone. The stunning multi gem sterling pendant also include a fabulous fossilized nautilus shell to which I added a little silver starfish, a faceted smokey topaz, another smaller and slightly greener turquoise stone and finally a tiny tourmaline. This large stunning focal pendant measures 65MM 2.5") from the top of the sterling bail. and is 32MM (1.5") wide

The Necklace: I strung two strands consisting of natural shaped AAA quality hubei turquoise beads and faceted rondells, translucent faceted aqua marine rondells, silvery brown square pyrite beads and smaller square brown jasper, faceted bronzy brown Czech glass bi-cones spacers.The shorter strand is 15" and the longer is 17". This necklace sits beautifully on the neck and compliments almost any neck line

The Closure: An easy to close 20mm sterling silver hook and loop closure

ABOUT THE PENDANT:
 I  had asked Artist Kellie Oliphant of www.doodledogspainting.com if she would be interested in coming up with a doodle that depicted a greyhound and incorporated a starfish somewhere in the design.

Kellie outdid herself and came up with 8 gorgeous drawings, I love each and everyone of them so have decided to release one at a time.


WHAT IS THE GREYHOUND STARFISH CONNECTION?

Those familiar with greyhound adoption may also be aware of the starfish poem and how it relates to the mindset of those who adopt these elegant, gorgeous, deserving, hounds.
My inspiration for these jewelry pieces stems from my personal identification with the poem.

The Starfish Poem

As I walked along the seashore
This young boy greeted me.
He was tossing stranded starfish
Back to the deep blue sea.
I said, "Tell me why you bother,
Why you waste your time this way.
There's a million stranded starfish
Does it matter, anyway?"

And he said, "It matters to this one.
It deserves a chance to grow.
It matters to this one.
I can't save them all I know.
But it matters to this one,
I'll return it to the sea.
It matters to this one,
And it matters to me."

-- Anonymous