These are the wedding snaps of one of my customers Julia. Julia contacted me about making a piece for her wedding that would be 'Nouveau' inspired...... which as you all know is completely up my street. Julia is a geologist and the only criteria she set for me was that she wanted an 'interesting centre stone'. I choose a pyrite fossil of an ammonite that was approx. 195 million years old!!! It was so crisp and perfect that every detail and fissure on the shell was preserved perfectly.
I am a sucker for wedding day symbolism, so around the fossil I added hand sawn Ivy tendrils. Ivy represents fidelity, wedded love and friendship. I also included a lovely little fire opal to represent the warm of a loving home...........
The ivy theme even extended to the back........
As always I like to add an extender chain to bespoke listings so that the customer can wear the piece with different necklines for different occasions. At the end of the extender chain I added a little heart charm with a tiny sapphire to represent 'something blue'.
and a pair of Ivy earrings to complete the set............
Delicate and elegant on............
You can imagine how thrilled I was to see the pictures of the day itself. I was so honored to make these pieces for Julia's 'big day', and completely delighted that she choose to share the pictures and happy memories with me also...............
4 comments:
Oh wow ~ amazing when you see your work like this huh?? xox
Absolutely gorgeous! The pendant and earrings are stunning! I'm sure your work made her day extra special!
So beautiful! The symbolism and thoughtfullness you put into the piece is amazing! Just think....you've made an heirloom that could be worn by generations of brides.
Those ivy earrings are beautiful....hmmm, may need to commission a pair of those from you at some point ;)
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