Another piece of silver-work...

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There was one silver piece I'd mentioned here and there that I forgot to post when completed. The commissioned wedding necklace for the same friend of mine that ordered the three leaf pendants (for her Bride's Maids and Maid of Honor), this original design is a naturalistic, asymetrical torque, themed around the vague style of a laurel-ish vine. The "vine" is made from three guages of sterling silver wire, and the leaves, once again cut-out impressions of real leaves, are solid fine silver, accented with clear CZ "dewdrops".

The bride's gown had asymetrical, petal-like layers on the skirt, sewn with silver-clear beads for just a little sparkle. Her shoes had silver laurel-vine patterns across the insteps. Beside the visual theme and lines of her bridal outfit, Sarah (said bride) has always adored things that look "elvish", and of all jewely, for years, has most commonly worn her traditional Irish torque. I believe in matching things not just to the occasion and accompaniments, but to the person. This design seemed a great way to do that.







This was the fourth thing I made taking advantage of the silver-clay medium. The first three were the aforementioned pendants

, and the fifth, the one I really fell in love with, was this pendant commissioned to go with the Mother-of-the-Groom gown of another lovely lady I know.