Author: Cristian Lorin Badea

10 Great Jewelry Findings

This is the first of a monthly Newsletter on 10 great jewels from all times.

I’ve made a fine selection of jewels coming from the ancient world, the ruling dynasties and the modern era.

The 10 great photos (not mine) are followed by basic information and links to artists, museums and auction sites.

Bird Finger Ring (1st quarter of the 17th century), Indian, Mughal or Deccan – Gold, rubies, emeralds, turquoises

Gold Spiked Bracelet (8th – early 10th century), Indonesia (Java); The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Large jade belt hooks from the late Ming Dynasty (16th- 17th century)

Byzantine octagonal pendant (324 – 326); The Cleveland Museum of Art

Earring with a dove standing on an altar (150 – 100 B.C.), Greek, Hellenistic Period – Gold, garnet, and glass paste; Museum of Fine Arts Boston 

Citrine, Yellow Sapphire and Diamond “Honeycomb” by Nicholas Varney

Comb with Scythians in battle (late 5th – early 4th century BC); The Hermitage Museum

  

17th century Russian Pectoral Cross; The Cleveland Museum of Art

A fine gold openwork spice box, India, 17th century; Sotheby’s

Antique Carved Peridot Cameo and Diamond Brooch Pendant; Lang Antiques

Chainmaille and Wire Wrapped Jewelry Findings

This is the first of a monthly Newsletter Series on Chainmaille and Wired jewelry. It contains 4 interesting wire jewelry tutorials and an inspirational chainmaille piece of art.

DIY Jasmine Celtic Pattern Bracelet – a nice photo wire jewelry tutorial having as result a beautiful wire wrapped bracelet with beads. I will try it for sure!

Birch Leaf Earrings  – want to learn how to make wire wrapped leaf earrings? Fine tutorial, easy to follow and good looking 🙂

Spiral wrapped Beaded Stone Ring – teaching you how to make a nice wire wrapped ring with beads. Give it a try!

Wire Scorpion Tutorial – now lets make a wire wrapped scorpion too! Fine tutorial, many thanks for the author for sharing this with us 🙂

And now for the chainmail piece of art…

 The “Chainmail Chess Set” by designer David Austin

The Chainmail Chess Pieces

Maybe the first of its kind, this amazing chainmail chess set was the result of a great imagination, experience and a lot of hard work.

If you are interested in chainmail, visit Chainmailbasket for interesting articles and great designs.

Giveaway – FINISHED.

GIVEAWAY!!!

 

1. About

I’ve made some natural stone pendants wire wrapped in sterling silver and I want to give away one of them. The winner may choose the one that he/she likes from the available ones, that are exposed in this post.

You can find this giveaway on g+, Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook. Share, pin or tweet the giveaway post for a chance to win a pendant of your choice. The respective pendants are also in my shop, but in case I sell one I shall replace it with one of its kind.

The giveaway will last at least two weeks, time in which I shall update the post with a new pendant each day. So you better not miss any of them 🙂 Keep in touch 🙂

2. Available pendants

Chrysocolla pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, chrysocolla;

Length: 4,7 cm;

Weight: 23,6 g;

Chakras: Heart, Throat;

Astrological sign: Taurus, Gemini

 

Lepidolite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver & silver necklace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, lepidolite;

Length: 3,5 cm;

Weight: 13,4 g;

Chakras: Crown, Heart;

Astrological sign: Virgo, Libra

 

Orange calcite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, orange calcite;

Length: 4,8 cm;

Weight: 16,8 g;

Chakras: Sacral;

Astrological sign: Cancer

 

Raw fluorite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, fluorite

Length: 3,3 cm;

Weight: 11,6 g;

Chakras: Causal, Crown, Frontal, Heart, Third Eye;

Astrological sign: Gemini, Capricorn, Ophiuchus

 

Amazonite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, amazonite;

Length: 5 cm;

Weight: 29,5 g;

Chakras: Heart, Throat;

Astrological sign: Virgo, Aquarius

Crinoide stone pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, crinoide stone;

Length: 3,3 cm;

Weight: 16 g

 

Green calcite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, green calcite

Length: 5,8 cm;

Weight: 36,3 g;

Chakras: Base, Causal, Crown, Heart;

Astrological sign: Capricorn

 

Leopardskin jasper pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, leopardskin jasper (jaguar stone);

Length: 3,6 cm;

Weight: 15,5 g;

Chakras: Root, Heart, Crown;

Astrological sign: Scorpio, Gemini

 

Fuchsite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, fuchsite;

Length: 4,3 cm;

Weight: 20,5 g;

Chakra: Third Eye

 

Fluorite crystal pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, fluorite;

Length: 2,7 cm;

Weight: 6,3 g;

Chakras: Causal, Crown, Frontal, Heart, Third Eye;

Astrological sign: Gemini, Capricorn, Ophiuchus

Ruby Zoisite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, ruby zoisite;

Length: 4,3 cm;

Weight: 12,6 g;

Chakras: Crown, Heart;

Astrological sign: Aries

 

Smoky quartz pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, smoky quartz;

Length: 5,2 cm;

Weight: 24,9 g;

Chakras: Base, Crown, Earth Star, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Throat, Thymus;

Astrological sign: Capricorn, Ophiuchus

 

Kyanite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, kyanite;

Length: 4,3 cm;

Weight: 7,5 g;

Chakras: Third Eye, Throat;

Astrological sign: Aries, Taurus, Virgo, Libra, Ophiuchus


Agate pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, agate;

Length: 3,7 cm;

Weight: 11,2 g


Jasper pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, jasper;

Length: 3,5 cm;

Weight: 6,5 g

 

Raw aquamarine pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

                                                                                                                                

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, aquamarine;

Length: 3,5 cm;

Weight: 6,9 g;

Chakras: Frontal, Soul Star, Third Eye, Throat;

Astrological sign: Aries, Gemini, Libra, Aquarius, Pisces, Ophiuchus

 

Raw dark amethyst pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, amethyst;

Length: 4;

Weight: 13,5 g;

Chakras: Causal, Crown, Frontal, Soul Star, Stellar Gateway, Third Eye;

Astrological sign: Virgo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Ophiuchus

Angelite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, angelite;

Length: 3,3 cm;

Weight: 14,2 g;

Chakra: Throat;

Astrological sign: Aquarius, Pisces

 

Malachite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, malachite;

Length: 4 cm;

Weight: 17,7 g;

Chakras: Base, Heart, Solar Plexus, Soul Star, Third Eye, Thymus;

Astrological sign: Scorpio, Capricorn

Heliodor pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, heliodor;

Length: 3 cm;

Weight: 3,7 cm;

Chakra: Solar Plexus

Lapis lazuli pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, lapis lazuli;

Length: 3 cm;

Weight: 6,6 g;

Chakras: Crown, Frontal, Link, Stellar Gateway, Third Eye, Throat;

Astrological sign: Libra, Ophiuchus

Quartz pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, quartz;

Length: 4,8 cm;

Weight: 10,3 g;

Chakras: Crown, Earth Star, Heart, Link, Third Eye, Thymus;

Astrological sign: Leo, Capricorn

Lepidolite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, lepidolite;

Length: 3 cm;

Weight: 5,9 g;

Chakras: Crown, Heart;

Astrological sign: Virgo, Libra

Tangerine calcite pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, tangerine calcite;

Length: 4,8 cm;

Weight: 4,1 g;

Chakra: Sacral

Tiger eye stone pendant wire wrapped in sterling silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials used: 0,45 mm silver wire, tiger eye stone;

Length: 3,6 cm;

Weight: 12,7 g;

Chakras: Causal, Solar Plexus, Third Eye, Throat;

Astrological sign: Taurus, Gemini, Libra, Capricorn, Ophiuchus

3. Conclusion

Winner: Wendy Wendy

Thank you all for the great support 🙂