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North Wind Collection, Part II (First Preview)

May 14, 2021 ·

How strange it feels to be finally shaking off my snow boots and brushing the last of the North Wind Collection off my shoulders. As an unabashed lover of winter and cold, it feels natural to be clutching onto the last bit of icy aquamarine and snowy dendritic agate as it becomes spring outside my window.

And I suppose it is particularly natural to not want to let this collection go since I wont be returning to these stones, this theme, for a few years. As I have mentioned elsewhere, I have decided to spread out my annual collections. In the past, I have done a Mossflower Collection (prehnite & leafprint) every summer and a North Wind Collection (owls and icy stones) every winter.

I considered just making the collections smaller. But when I work within these seasons, I utterly lose myself. Inspiration is strewn throughout my studio and surrounding my house, and it is all I can do to make time to sleep! Every moment I have a new idea, something I am desperate to try, to share with you. And truthfully, I enjoy swirling around within a theme for a few months at a time, and then presenting you with an absolute bounty of art.

So instead of putting in place harsh limits to keep the collections small, I would rather create these giant winter and summer collections every few years. It gives me time to explore other collection ideas, and doesn’t hamper my creative flow.
Best of all worlds!

Anyways! On with the preview of the second part of the North Wind Collection. The very last of these designs for a few years.


Pocketful of Winter Necklaces

There will be 29 of these necklaces available.
Price: $135 – $145 per necklace
Comes suspended from an adjustable oxidized sterling silver chain,

which measures between 17 – 20″

“It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder,
It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.”
– Robert Service, The Spell of the Yukon

Rugged and weathered. Of the mountains.

These necklaces are made from large natural, snowy dendritic agate/merlinite stones. The gemstones feature winterscapes that have been set to emphasize the frosty landscape.

Accenting the stones are textured borders to resemble aged branches stretching out into winter.

Hidden behind the pendants are the silhouettes of owls in flight sawn out of the backs, revealing the winter scenes on the backs of the gemstones.

Quiet stewards keeping watch over the forest.


Winter Oak Earrings

There will be 20 pairs available.
Price: $130 per pair

As I was packing away the stones and metal components I wouldn’t have time to get to for this last iteration of the North Wind Collection, I stumbled upon a dish of little kyanites I had forgotten about.

It felt like kismet that I found them waiting patiently while knowing so many of you weren’t able to catch a pair last time.

And so, I decided to add some Winter Oak Earrings to the second part of the collection.

Teal kyanite and a hammered texture on earrings that catch every breath of the North Wind.


I will be putting up more previews for this weekend’s release, so check back!

✖️ North Wind Collection Release, Part II: Sunday, May 16th at 7PM EST in the Etsy shop ✖️

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Trees made of light and stone, small enough to hol Trees made of light and stone, small enough to hold in your hand. 

I tried to make as many of these necklaces as I could, nearly every pendant sized moss agate gemstone became one of these sweet necklaces with the sterling branch and pebble border on the front, and sawn tree window on the back. 

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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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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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