oxidized sterling silver and gold plated wire ring

gold woven tangle earrings

Woven gold filled wire in sphere form, that sparkles brightly on a handmade earwire hook, makes up these elegant contemporary earrings

milky way sterling silver ring

handcrafted sterling silver ring, with cobalt blue enamel paint and silver dust.
The starry milky way.

Bat Silhouette sterling silver ring

The perfect Halloween ring.
This ring is designed by me and hand cut from a sterling silver sheet.
It has been oxidized to a charcoal deep color.
Wing span 1, 5 inch.
Ring size 7.

pink dolomite and sterling silver ring

galena and sterling silver necklace.

Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals.
It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system often showing octahedral forms
Galena deposits often contain significant amounts of silver.
One of the earliest uses of galena was as kohl, which was applied around the eyes.

Azurite and sterling silver ring

Azurite is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits
The blue of azurite is exceptionally deep and clear, and for that reason the mineral has tended to be associated since antiquity with the deep blue color of low-humidity desert and winter skies.
It has been used as a dye for paints and fabrics for eons.
Azurite is a gemstone of spiritual transformation and communication. It is an ideal healing stone for meditation and awakening a higher awareness, but it also benefits the physical body.

brass and sterling silver bird ring

A hand cut brass birdie, highly polished, sits on a hand fabricated sterling silver ring.

limpet necklace

Limpets are active foragers and wander around the rocks when the tide is in. They use chemical cues to follow their own mucus track back to their home point. They sometimes use the edge of the shell like a bulldozer to scrape away at rocks and algae.

copper wire cube on oxidized metal chain

Contemporary and simple design makes this neckpiece stand out.
It has a copper wire cube that rests gently on the neck. Chain has been blackened.
The contrast is beautiful, subtle, and perfect anytime, anywhere.
Original design hand fabricated.

Measures 19 inches long.

druzy quartz and oxidized sterling silver pendant

"A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down in a most delightful way…"

Hyria prehnite and sterling silver pendant

BLACK TOURMALINATED QUARTZ on oxidized sterling silver ring

Tiger lilly necklace

caldera brass and sterling silver ring

Yellow and green earrings

This is my participation in the challenge for etsy greek street team's members: "Traditional greek lemon sweet".

Druzy Quartz with 24k Gold sterling ring

This ring reminds me of  Santorini at night.

Dagenham Fordite sterling silver earrings

Fordite, also known as Dagenham agate, is old automobile paint which has hardened sufficiently to be cut and polished. It was formed from the build up of layers of enamel paint slag on tracks and skids on which cars were hand spray-painted (a now automated process), which have been baked numerous times. In recent times the material has been recycled as eco friendly jewelry.

sterling bubble ring

Dendritic agate(fern forest)

amethyst ring

amethyst pendant

there’s no bright side, polish up the dull side.

Happy April  Fool's Day!

Sterling silver circles necklace .

interlocked sterling silver circles are linked in a beautiful silk cord of burgundy red.

ALCHIMIA Jewellery School in Florence

Materia VS Forma exhibition from alchimia school blog                                                   

Pomegranate Seed - pink bicolor tourmaline and sterling silver ring

In Greece, pomegranate (Greek: ρόδι, rodi) is used in many recipes.
Pomegranate is mentioned in Greek Mythology in the Homeric hymns.
Persephone, the goddess of spring and innocence,
ate pomegranate seeds in Hades and returned to the light of Earth.
Earth then, flourished with vegetation and color.

Tanagrea pendant.

By making this beautiful pendant, I just wanted, on the International Women's Day, to do homage to all the women who fight for the freedom of feminity.
Tanagrea figurines, the statuettes of true beauty and strength, were my inspiration.

The Tanagra figurines are certain Terracotta statues of Hellenistic period which were discovered during excavations at Tanagra of Boeotia.

 

 

The stone calcite gets its name from "chalix" the Greek word for lime.
Its luster is vitreous and is the most amazing mineral because of its extraordinary diversity and beauty!

Aquamarine sterling silver ring

 

 

Aquamarine is a fascinatingly beautiful gemstone-quality beryl in a shade between clear green and blue.

My pyrite earrings were featured on front page on Etsy.com 2/26/2010

Thank you shellieartist!