Amazonite Necklace with a Handmade Ceramic Pendant

This one-of-a-kind necklace features a beautiful abstract artisan pendant. The ceramic artist used a glaze that "breaks" over the raised parts of the design. This has nothing to do with actual breaking. It means that the glaze reveals another color over the raised areas. In this case the main part of the ceramic pendant is a muted turquoise, while the swirls and dots are brown. When designing the necklace portion, I carefully picked up on these colors for a beautiful and cohesive design. Echoing the slightly reddish browns, I selected a non-tarnishing copper plated bail with a leafy design. Semiprecious Amazonite is a perfect color match for the pendant, so I selected 4 and 6 mm faceted Amazonite beads as the main focus. I accented the Amazonite with Czech glass beads in light and dark turquoise, amber, brown, copper and a tiny hint of white. Spaced in between these are faceted rose gold colored metal cubes.The metal adds a bit of shine and the many faceted beads reflect the light. This stunning, one-of-a-kind necklace is 21½ inches long.