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Isadora's Scarf
Created by: Mary Morton
Art Clay™ Silver Artist: Kurt Madison


87-033-10 Art Clay Silver 650, syringe type
87-023-20 Art Clay Silver paste
87-001-20 Art Clay Silver
28-398-12-396 Faceted glass bicone beads, brown olive
23-498-005 Faceted glass firepolish rondelle beads, olivine mix
24-962 Sterling silver curved tube beads
26-559-L Sterling silver nugget beads
24-970 Sterling silver bead frames
20-605-011 Round potato pearls, white
24-922 Sterling silver round beads
23-706-342 Glass beads with coil, olivine
23-444-821 Glass firepolish round beads, brown/peridot
28-393-08-396 Faceted glass rotund beads, brown olive
05-301-06-144 Swarovski® crystal rondelle beads, 6mm, khaki
61-630-100-44 Organza ribbon, olive
39-550-H Sterling silver toggle clasp, diamond shape
41-073-3 Extra-heavy French wire, silver plate
41-258-3 Crimp beads, white
37-213 Sterling silver jump rings, 3mm
37-247 Sterling silver jump rings, 4mm
37-236-S Sterling silver jump rings, small stamped
37-515 Sterling silver head pins, 1.5"
37-552 Sterling silver ball-end head pins, 2"
61-810-49-87 Beadalon® wire, 49-strand

2mm, 3mm and 4mm gemstone beads in: Green tourmalated quartz, ruby zoisite, moss agate, fancy jasper, China-cut labradorite, B.C. jade, turquoise, green aventurine, rhyolite, unakite, peridot, amazonite, malachite, tree agate, bloodstone and african turquoise. These are just a few of the gemstones we offer. We invite you to browse through our Gemstone Beads Index to see these stones and more in our ever-growing line of gemstones!

This billowing masterpiece is the featured piece on the cover of our 2005-06 Wholesale Catalog. The necklace is named in tribute to dancer Isadora Duncan (1878-1927), whose long, flowing scarfs became her trademark as well as her tragic downfall. Its wonderful asymmetry and seamless blend of more than 16 kinds of green gemstone make it a truly unique creation. It would be impossible to exactly replicate this piece, but its freestyle design allows countless variations that would generate the same feel and function.

The orchid centerpiece and cone ends were hand-crafted from Art Clay Silver. An opening at the flower's base allows one side of the necklace to go through it, and then the triple loops on the flower's right edge allow the opposite side of the necklace to attach.

Do you have questions and/or comments about this piece? Please post your question(s) on the Rings & Things Discussion Forum. Don't be shy! If you're wondering, so is someone else!
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