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| I've been casting plants from our garden in sterling silver, and constructing jewelry from the cast parts. There are a lot of plant parts in this necklace with a blue moonstone...from the top: hydrangea, sedum, bleeding heart, and Livingstone daisy. What you can't see is the sapphire on the back, near your heart. |  |
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This brooch uses a Turtle Wax car polish can from a few decades ago...the beads are faceted turquoise, and the grey plant is oxidized sterling silver. Brooch: 2.3"x1.5". Sterling silver, copper, painted tin, turquoise. 2008. |
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| The background on this brooch is from an old candy tin from the 60's. The beads are glass, and the plant is a cast sterling stem of purslane from our yard. Brooch: 2"x1.75". Sterling silver, copper, painted tin, glass beads. 2008. |
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The guy in the back is washing his car with more Turtle Wax ...the beads are a semi-precious stone called apatite. Brooch: 1.5"x2". Sterling silver, copper, painted tin, apatite beads. 2008. |
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| The little potted plant is cast from a real little plant, and the pot is a lump of wax with my fingerprints embedded in it. Casting is good for stuff like that. Pendant: cast and fabricated sterling silver. 1.5"x.75", 2008. |
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Another little pinch pot from wax, with a lovely plant form emerging. Pendant: cast and fabricated sterling silver, 2.5"x1", 2008. |
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| Earrings of cast sterling silver sedum plants, with chokecherry tops. Sterling with 18k gold, rubies. 2007. |
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Necklace of cast sedum in oxidized sterling silver. with garnet. Adjustable chain length from 16" to 20", pendant about 3"x2". 2007. |
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| Dogwood necklace, cast sterling silver with fabricated pendant. On leather cord. 2008. |
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Citrine necklace. Cast pendant with plant forms, stone set in 18k gold, with movable fabricated top. Pendant about 2.5", on adjustable sterling silver chain. 2008. |
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| These are my favorite type of hydrangea macrophylla ‘Ayesha’ to cast from, a bit thicker than the standard variety blossoms. |  |
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Pendant with two sides, cast and fabricated sterling silver (hydrangea blossoms, and fern). 1.5"x0.75", 2008. |
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Reversible cast sterling silver pendant with hydrangea blossoms. 1.5"x0.75" . On leather cord. 2008. |
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Desert brooch: cast and fabricated sterling silver. The plant form is purslane, and the background is cast sterling silver from a piece of plastic. 3"x1.25". 2008. |
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