A Rainbow for Trevor

This piece is a special one that I likely won't part company with. It is a memorial piece for an acquaintance who was killed this month in Halifax, NS. Trevor was a really friendly person with a great personality. He had a real gift for caring, lifting the spirit and entertaining. We only knew him from his job at a Halifax restaurant which we frequented whenever we were in town for shows. He was one of the reasons we kept going back. We will miss him too.

The tragedy of this story is that Trevor was one of three victims killed by a young man in need of mental health assistance. Two were gay men in Halifax, the third was a man in New York state. The murderer is a victim of schizophrenia and a victim of provincial health care policies.

This neck piece represents the rainbow, a symbol that Trevor sported openly, using a lab-grown ruby, garnet CZ, heliodor, simulated peridot and topaz and an amethyst CZ. Clear Czech crystals form the 'rain' that falls into the rainbow as well as being used in the chain. The setting was made using sterling silver.

There are more pictures of this piece here on our web.

Leafy Blue Thingy

As someone who often gets called an artist for the type of work that we do, we often end up thinking that we should be naming the jewelry. That is the hardest part of the design and crafting and obviously I'm not working that hard at coming up with a name for this.

The actual neck piece is has a front close with a clasp that is hidden by the tassels. The construction is copper with Czech glass beads. It started out as a simple project just to experiment with twisting beads onto wire and it evolved into a rather complex leaf like construction on one side and a double strand of beads on the other. The entire form is supported by 18 gauge copper so that there is little movement in the piece. The earrings are based on the tassel idea and have sterling ear wires. The bracelet was a throw together of leftovers just for the heck of it.

The neck piece and earrings are for sale on our web as a set and the bracelet will also be for sale as a separate item.

Cheers,
Cynthia

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Welcome to the blog for ...and now for something completely different... jewelry or MBoot Studio. We handcraft one of a kind jewelry items, often with sterling silver, karat gold, or even copper or other coloured wire. We cut and polish a lot of our stone, especially Bay of Fundy Agates and use these for our settings.