My passion project in the studio today was this quick effort at a wearable, sterling amphora — for the times when you need to anoint a robin chick, a little garter snake, or a pronghorn fawn. Blessings, little ones! Blessings!
This pendant is indeed hollow so it also functions as a place to tuck feathers (shown here holding a Hungarian partridge tail feather) or you can fill it with water and put a sprig of sage or a flower in it. It’s lovely as a simple, empty vessel, too.
What inspired this necklace? I’ve seen some of my ceramic artist friends throwing or hand building amphora forms or using amphora imagery when they go to decorate ceramic pieces. Since I don’t work with clay, I whacked and soldered a metal version into existence…sometimes it’s fun to simply take a shape or technique from another medium and apply it to metal. I never know how things will turn out!
+OF THE WEST+
So lovely: you did well.
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So, so beautiful, Jillian. xx
Thank you, Lynn. XX