HOPPER insect pendant – just a bit BUGGY?
Big, bold, beautiful bug pendant. Add to your favorite necklace or wear on a cord or chain …. perfect gift for the nature lover, gardener… or your favorite entomologist. This piece looks as at home on a rough leather cord as it does on a thin silver chain. Wear it as a pendant or add it to a longer necklace as a focal piece with a pile of layered necklaces. An original accessory for your favorite man, woman, or teen.
Make a statement – wear jewelry that speaks to you …..
How it’s made –
sterling bezel model – sawn, shaped, soldered, sanded,
cast,
sanded,
silver wire inlay,
soldered,
filled with resin and colored ground glass… sanded again and polished … finished with a scuffed matte surface.
All by hand, on a small table, with classic metalsmithing tools.
♦ hand fabricated
♦ pendant measures 2 1/2″ wide by 7/8″ long
♦ shipped with a leather cord or choose to add the 24″ thin sterling silver bead chain at check out.
NOTE – this object is handmade with slight variations in the surface color
For more insect jewelry and to follow my experiments visit Etsy where I refine my designs and build a collection.