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Reflections Exhibit + Sale

Front view of the Snowflake Coral Polyp Travels brooch - pendant

The exhibit + sale ended Oct 3, 2021 at the Pajaro Valley Arts gallery in Watsonville, CA

“Snowflake Coral Travels” was a new piece created for the Reflections exhibit + sale

As land traffic quieted down, ocean shipping traffic increased. Snowflake coral, an opportunistic hitchhiking animal, travels from port to port in the bilge water of ships. Bilge water released at a ship’s destination spreads the polyps who quietly invade and colonize new ports and defenseless reefs.

Argentium sterling silver, repurposed leather offcuts, stainless steel

1 x 7 x 6.4 cm

show side view details of this unique piece of contemporary jewelry art
Side view of Snowflake Coral Polyp Travels
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A Classic Recycled Glass Pendant

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Digging in my jewelry box for turquoise pieces, I came across this recycled glass and sterling silver pendant.

The pendant is the first piece where I combined the silver directly with the glass. After this piece, I created the process to combine recycled fine silver directly to recycled glass.

The sterling in this piece is connected with like tiny cotter pins through holes I drilled into the glass, seen best in the bottom two pieces of silver in the second photo.