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North Wind Collection, Part I (Second Preview)

February 27, 2021 ·

February Rings

( Sizes that will be available: 5, 5.5, 6.25, 6.75, 7, 7, 7, 7,
7.5, 7.5, 7.75, 8, 8, 8.25, 8.25, 9, 9.75, 10.5 )
Price: $160 – $165
Keep in mind these fit a bit snug because of the 6mm band!

The companion design to last year’s January Rings. These rings feature shimmering white moonstones and icy aquamarines, varying in surface cut.

Some of the aquamarines are the deep blue of an arctic lake, and others the softest blue, like early morning blue skies above a winterscape.

The variations of blues and the different ways in which they shimmer and glow will be so splendid to see all together.

I finished these just as the fresh snow arrived, and I was able to catch a few snow crystals and place them daintily around these gemstones.

I tucked a few frosty pebbles around the stones, and set them all atop a heavy-weight half round band. I have lightly textured the surface of the bands to look like a lightly trod footpath over fresh snow.

I am in love with this design! For several days after I finished it, I wore the large vertical aquamarine ring, tilting it into the light to look down into its crackling depths.

These are truly rings made for queens of winter. Made for holding snow squalls in the palm, and reaching into frozen pools towards the deep undercurrents. Rings for February.

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Winter Oak Earrings

(There will be 25 pairs available. Price: $130 per pair)

I made a version of these for my very first Mossflower Collection, featuring a round shape and little prehnite gemstones. My initial vision for these were of sturdy oaks, rough in texture and bold in their size. And those earrings reflected that.

While I smith in the studio, I can look out towards the slender, leafless birches and tremendous trees beyond them, thick and sturdy. And what a thing to see a tree in winter: weathered, bare, still. To run hands along branches slick with ice, touch the coarse bark in its hibernation.

But in that same moment to know that they will soon shake the ice off their arms, kick the snow off their toes, and then toss on their green, glowing mantles.

And so, these earrings are for them. The winter version of my Oak Earrings. Emulating the beauty of great, frozen trees, lovely in their roughness and glowing with winter.

Earrings for walking through frozen oak glades and filling your pockets with winter.

They are sawn in a marquise shape, seemingly spilling below the ear.

The surface is textured, weathered, and oxidized.

And at the bottom of each earring, a beautiful kyanite. I have sawn a window behind the stone so these gemstones truly glow below the ear.

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February Forest Necklaces

( There will be 19 of these necklaces available. Price: $125 each )

I have made a small handful of February Forest Necklaces for you as well! Sweet and simple winter totems made of dendritic agate and silver.

Sawn with rims around the stones and then textured to look like tree bark. Rough and silver, like a wintery pine.

The fun part of these necklaces is they are made from matching pairs, which means that each necklace has a mate which will also be part of the release.

And this means that if you claim one of them, someone out there will have the other half of your paired gemstone.

A fellow lover of winter walks through snow-laden forests. A kindred spirit. Isn’t that a sweet notion?

Next and final preview coming soon!

   

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✨ The Forest Calls Ring ✨ Sweet friends, I t ✨ The Forest Calls Ring ✨ 

Sweet friends, I took a few days off with visitors, and then yesterday was my birthday, but now I am back to the bench for the final stretch.

I am setting stones by the dozens and have so much to share. (There are still two designs I haven’t even shown here yet!) 

Over the next week I will be getting everything ready for the collection release: photographing all the individual pieces for their Etsy listings, writing down their sizes from the mandrel, drafting a full preview for the blog (be sure to sign up for the newsletter to get the preview in your email inbox!), and dipping them in deciduous sunlight to carry to their intendeds. 

Image description: A bold statement ring made of sterling silver and smooth moss agate. A textured ring band made to look like birch bark. A ruffled, notched edge around the stone to make the ring look like the cross-section of a tree stump. Inside the ring reads “Silva Vocat,” which is Latin for “The Forest Calls.” Oxidized for accent shadows and given a matte polish. 
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🌲North Woods Collection Release: Sunday, August 21st at 7:00 p.m. EST in the Etsy Shop🌲
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Tiny silver hemlock trees that will never fade, ne Tiny silver hemlock trees that will never fade, never wither, never fall. An eternal ephemeral to wear against the heart. 🌲✨ 
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Eagerly awaiting autumn, while not wanting to let Eagerly awaiting autumn, while not wanting to let go of all this saturated, heart-filling green. 💚🌿
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The variations between the moss agates are endless The variations between the moss agates are endless! 

Some are light with wisps of  green swirling through, others are solidly packed with tufts of moss. 

Which do you prefer?
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🌟🌲 Less than two weeks!! 🌲🌟 North Woo 🌟🌲 Less than two weeks!! 🌲🌟

North Woods Collection Release: Sunday, August 21st at 7:00 p.m. EST in the Etsy Shop

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I just cant help but hold each and every one up to I just cant help but hold each and every one up to the light. So know that when you claim yours, it will undoubtedly come to you infused with sunshine that trickled through the north woods of Maine.
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Did I even create a collection if I didn't try to Did I even create a collection if I didn't try to put all the rings of a particular design on my fingers at once? 👑💍💎
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✨ Tuft of Moss Rings ✨ Little tufts of moss a ✨ Tuft of Moss Rings ✨

Little tufts of moss all in a row! 

A few of the stones in these dainty rings are faceted. When packing up for our summer in the mountains, I found a little handful of faceted agates that I had completely forgotten about. 

And so I scooped them out of my gemstone cabinet and planted them amongst the others of similar sizes. I am so glad I brought them to the cabin, because I think the faceted ring might be my favorite of the bunch. Just wait until you see the large rings with faceted moss agates! Ooh la la! 

Which do you prefer? Faceted or smooth?

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Could someone just shrink me down so I could make Could someone just shrink me down so I could make my home on this tuft of moss??? 🌿✨

When I was little, my favorite stories were ones about tiny creatures living in a giant world. They still are, perhaps. 

I was endlessly enamored with the idea of acorn cups and thimble hats, homes made in birds nests and inside mantle clocks. 

I adored The Borrowers, Ralph S. Mouse, The Indian in the Cupboard, Mossflower, etc.

I made innumerable fairy houses with my sister, some quite elaborate, which we would leave along a small brook which trickled into the cove behind our house. I did this for much longer than most children do, I am sure. 

Later, as a children’s librarian, I was constantly lugging home all the newest middle grade books featuring toads fishing from lily pads and Lilliputian communities. 

Still, even in my thirties, I will stop dead in my tracks when I see a magical looking book about little mice warriors. (Actually, the most recent book I added to my Goodreads “Want To Read” list was “Mice of the Round Table: A Tail of Camelot.” Mice knights!?!) 

All of this to say, is that to this day, I cannot see a comfy looking tuft of moss without wishing I were small enough to take a nap on it. 

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✨ Furtive Hemlock Necklace ✨ Moss and trees m ✨ Furtive Hemlock Necklace ✨

Moss and trees made of stone and silver, and quiet calls from within. 

This is the moss agate necklace design with the secret inscription under the gemstone. On the back is a tree silhouette set against shadows. A solitary tree standing in a misty forest. 

Can you spot the hidden message under the stone? 

There will only be six necklaces in this style in the collection release!
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✨ Tuft of Moss Ring ✨ Delicate swirls of moss ✨ Tuft of Moss Ring ✨

Delicate swirls of mossy stone within stone. 

Heavily textured bark band. 

Shadows tucked in all the crevices.

A ring to serve as a gentle reminder to press your hands against every mossy tree you pass. 
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🌲 Furtive Hemlock Necklace 🌲 I know I thin 🌲 Furtive Hemlock Necklace 🌲 

I know I think this about every single piece of jewelry that passes through my hands, but I think this design is my very favorite of the bunch! 

The large moss agate pendants with the pebble borders and the sterling silver hemlock trees  standing amongst shadows on the backs, these are particularly special to me. 

These necklaces are the ones that have an inscription under the stones. Words resting where the agates are clearest so that you can just barely make out the letters. 

The inscription reads “Silva Vocat,” which is “The Forest Calls” in Latin. Like a whisper through the early morning fog. 

Can you see the hidden message on this pendant? 
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