I have made two items that are Kauai made to my soon to be public etsy.com store called Tabby's Intuition. These will be in the Blood Moon Rising section of the shop, as inspired by the CW show The Vampire Diaries. These two items are dedicated to the character of Bonnie. This is the first item that I have made using silver filled wire. I also got to use my new Fretz texturing hammer on the hook! This is a beautiful natural wire wrapped moss agate massage wand with a leather cord necklace.
Here's the other thing I made: I actually made the tree of life a few months ago, but I made the leather/argentium/pearl necklace tonight. This tree of life is made of argentium and carnelian, which is a type of chalcedony. Carnelian is thought by some to protect the wearer against negative emotions. Argentium contains more silver than sterling, and the other metal in it is geranium, instead of copper, like sterling. Because of this, argentium will take longer to tarnish, and cleans easily with an old t-shirt.
I made the extender chain on this leather cord to give the option of adding approximately 1.5 inches to this 18 inch necklace. Argentium is harder to work with than silver. There is no room for error with this metal. Even in similar gauges, argentium feels like it's harder to bend. Some people are allergic to the copper in sterling, so argentium gives people another option.
This is Tabby's former nemesis. She is a Jack Russell (now called Parson Russell by some) terrier. She has a very expressive face. Look how even in sleep, she looks pleased with herself. More about her later. For now, we will let sleeping dogs lie...
More later,
Susan
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