Hi all!
Before I show you the turquoise ring I promised, I thought I’d show you a turquoise necklace I made a while ago. It is also using a stunningly pretty turquoise stone, and would go very well with the ring I will show you next!
This pretty turquoise freeform cabochon has shades of green and almost yellow, with fine lines of blue around the black veins. I dithered about this cabochon for ages before I made it into a necklace as I could also see it being made into a fab ring! I love these kinds of organic turquoises and have found a great supplier in China that I can buy them direct from which helps to be able to get exactly the type of stones I like.
I have set the stone in silver and added a few random silver granules around it. The pendant is then hung on my own handmade chain, which I made after being inspired by someone else who made quite “messy” and organic chain components, and I thought I’d have a go at doing my own interpretation of the idea. My chain components have balled wires wrapped around them and is quite a chunky chain with a lovely fluid and heavy feel. I think I will try some more variations of this on my future necklaces. Finished off with a handmade hook clasp, this necklace is definitely a favourite of mine and will be one of those that is hard to let go of!
Here’s a shot of the pendant itself:

The necklace in its entirety:

And finally a shot of the back. When I am out selling direct, people almost always look at the back of set stones!
So, it’s well worth making the back of a set stone look good too, and seeing people’s reactions when they discover the little “secrret” on the back. Now, the photo:

There we have it! So next up really IS going to be the turquoise ring, perhaps even as early as later tonight. Tomorrow I will photo the sagenite agate ring I made and also a new ring I made last week with Larminar, so they will come next.
Hope to see you then!
Carin
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