I told you I had some new stuff to show!
And here I present… Cape Present. There are lake people and there are ocean people. I am an ocean person. I made this thinking of Cape May and the shore and I love the name on several levels. Not only does it showcase a present from the ocean environment to us but it reminds us to be present to the natural happenings and small beauties that come into our lives on the fleeting passage of time.
It features a gorgeous double-faced abalone, which I encircled with a hand-netted copper bezel. The bezel by itself bored me and needed something else, so on went a bundle of tiny Czech glass beads in ocean tones – encrusting it as a long-forgotten fishing net might be encrusted with barnacles. The pendant is hung on a ‘chain’ of crocheted copper wire, also dotted with the tiny flecks of color. The chain finishes with a handmade hook and eye and organic extender chain allowing the necklace to be adjustable from 17-19″. The pendant itself is 3″ long.
Cape Present (necklace)
And because earrings that matched would be a bit much so close to the necklace, I settled on a matching bracelet instead:
Cape Present (bracelet)
