Simplicity lets your style shine through

This is some of the latest work that is now for sale at Chartreuse. The earrings are hammered sterling wire with wrapped functional detail. From left to right, the briolettes gemstones are labradorite, African prehnite, and onyx. The earrings are perfect for summer; light, open, and full of great energy.


Here I paired the onyx earrings with a Tibetan Quartz crystal on leather necklace. The necklace is a personal favorite of mine. I love the hematite inclusions in the stone and the double terminated crystal formation.
Tibetan Quartz Crystals hold sacred energy frequencies and the wisdom of the ancient culture. This crystal can be used to enhance, amplify, and intensify transformation, releasing self-limitations, disease and disorders. Tibetan Quartz Crystals gather, hold and release a very high energy and tend to contain a very powerful "OM" vibration. It is also an excellent enhancer and activator of other crystals. {http://www.mythnlynx.com/MP.html}


Citrine and amethyst crystal necklaces were also created in this series.

Rocks that I picked up in Williams AZ

I picked these rocks up in Williams, Arizona, on Route 66. In the top left corner are desert rose pieces; three small and one large. Then on the right side are petrified wood pieces. The blue piece in the middle is raw kyanite. To the left of it is a quartz crystal.

Modifying a custom bracelet to make it longer

This is a multi-strand bracelet fashioned out of sterling silver. Amethyst, lapis, rough sapphire, Tibetan quartz crystals, freshwater pearls, abalone and sterling pieces make up the "charms" of the bracelet.

This bracelet was commissioned by my brother for his girlfriend. He gave me a budget and then let me design the piece according to what I already know about her style.

It didn't take long at all for the design of the piece to come together. I knew right away that I would be working with deep blue and purple hues. She has blue eyes that seem to verge on indigo to me. She favors deep hues in her dress.

There is a very oceanic quality to the piece, deep inky water under a waning moon.

When she got the bracelet, it turned out that it was not quite long enough. A charm bracelet needs to have a little space and movement on the wrist. And Amber is a little bigger boned than I. So I had to make it longer in such a way that it would be integrated into the design of the bracelet without looking "added onto". This is the piece as it was originally designed:


I decided to to lengthen it with the same materials out of which the dangles of the bracelet had been made. The pearl had to be drilled to make the hole bigger to accommodate the 22 gauge wire. Then I put the nice Tibetan quartz crystal on the other side. Then so that the links transition well with the rest of the design of the bracelet, I added the respective rough sapphire and amethyst dangles at each side.