Earthbound
Earth tones permeate this long 66 cm necklace of rusty red jasper and brecciated jasper and brown tiger’s eye beads in shapes of rounds, discs, barrels and tablets. For more info on the necklace, please click on Details, and if interested in my musings, please go to Story.
The identification of the beads start from the bead in the centre, moving upwards, with measurement for some of the bigger beads, with metal beads named last.
Length: 66 cm (26”)
Weight: 141 gms
Brecciated jasper barrels, 22 mm long & 15 mm widest
Red jasper discs, small thin ones and bigger, thicker ones
Brown tiger’s eye, round beads and thin discs
Frosted brown tiger’s eye tablets with rounded edges 30 mm long & 14 mm widest
Gold plated silver spacers
Gold filled crimp tubes
Gold plated silver toggle clasp
From time to time, I review the necklaces I have made for Manik. Sometime last year, I was looking at a mid-length necklace featuring brecciated jasper barrels, and big octagonal tiger’s eye tablets that I called Colour Blocks and felt dissatisfied with it. It just seemed too ‘in-your-face’. So I set about tweaking it. In the end, I ended up changing it quite majorly, also turning into a long necklace instead!
I kept the beautifully patterned brecciated jasper (essentially a form of red jasper but with fragments of stones welded together) but decided to switch out the big octagonal shield-like tiger’s eye tablets. Instead, I found smaller frosted brown tiger’s eye tablets with rounded edges that gave the necklace a softer feel. I also capped the brecciated jasper with thin red jasper discs and retained the thicker red jasper discs. I brought in round brown tiger’s eye beads too. And thus the necklace grew.
I liked the result, as did my niece Y. I was stumped for an appropriate name however until Y commented on the “earthy” tones of the necklace. Yes, I thought immediately, it shall be called Earthbound.
Earthbound is a richly warm necklace with russet and brown tones conveying an autumnal feel. It would certainly go well with a muted olive, for example, and stronger tones of brown, camel, but would also work with navy, deep green. Have fun and experiment!
