More pretties for a customer (someday I'll own my own work)

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A little something different, this time...





This is her mother's set:

I considered oxidizing the stem and leaves more greenish, but since we hadn't discussed it, I stuck with more subtle, warm antiquing. Of course, the chain is very shiny,
so it doesn't quite match...letting the chain tarnish, or brightening up the pendant with a silver polish cloth, will amend that, depending the mother's preference.

This is a close-up of the pendant:

The stone is a faceted rhodolite garnet that's been fire-polished. It'll glow a dark red in certain light...otherwise it has a slightly mirrored dark sheen which goes with the
general antiqued silver look. I decided on antiquing the piece more because it almost adds a little realism. Unlike the leaves, the rose was not a replica..it was entirely
hand-sculpted...so I wanted to do something to blend the style with the real leaves, a bit more.

This is a bad close-up of one of the stud (sterling posts and backs) earrings:


Here is her sister's set:

I went with a kind of leaf I haven't used before...I think of it as a spearhead shape...I hope that she like it. She wanted three leaves, and none of the other leaves I had
preserved, that I had enough of for the pendant and earrings, looked right for a design with three leaves. The cabachons are amythysts. I oxidized the veins,
then polished most of the rest back up. There's a touch of natural tinting in the shadows, but by and large, the piece is brightly silver, like the shiny chain.

A close-up of the pendant:


A not-particularly-good and too-dark close-up of one of the stud (sterling posts and backs) earrings:


By the time I had her payment, I couldn't find 22" chains, as she asked me to approximate. I got the best of what I *could* find....two different (both very sparkly variations on a round, vine-like chain) 20" chains. Since both pendants are a bit over 2" long, however, the necklaces at large should still fall at about the average place.

Ok..I think that's it. As she wanted...one set reminiscent of a rose, featuring pendant on chain and stud earrings...and one set featuring a pendant of three silver leaves
and amythysts, on a chain, and stud earrings.