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Mostly Metal Category
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Desert Lilies
Artist: Sherry Jones (Prescott, AZ)
Polly's Pick, Mostly Metal
"This lovely necklace and matching earring set took me three days to complete. I forged the metal sheet into the tulip roll design as well as the copper wire in its different gauges. I hand wired and oxidized the chain and hand crafted and forged the ending clasp. The hand-crafted, forged and oxidized bail is the sun rising over the tulip bed. This was a fun piece to make. I live in Arizona and love the diversity of the scenery here, from the scenic, vivid, rich rust colors of Sedona to the snow capped San Francisco Peaks of Flagstaff. I love the Southwest and all the inspiration that comes from living here. Copper and turquoise are mined in Arizona and though I did not use turquoise, per say, I used beautiful turquoise-colored [blue zircon] crystals as well as [smoked] topaz crystals to set off the beauty of the copper. I oxidized the copper to give it a rich deep multi-color effect and to deepen the copper to a rich warm color of the sun. The chain and ear wires are all handcrafted and forged by me, The Dancing Gecko." -- Sherry Jones
Polly’s Picks are designs our editor especially likes despite the fact that they did not win a formal prize. These designs are often simple, practical and/or whimsical examples of how to use Rings & Things components well.
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