Copper shell, freshwater pearl, and the tropical light blue ocean colors of larimar….. yeah….. I’m ready for Summer.
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Along with about 50 other stones, Chrysocolla is one of my favorites. So many shades of blues, greens, browns, and rusts, ….. It’s easy to get lost in the colors’ movements. During the polishing phase, while moving from wheel to wheel, I love watching the beauty of the stone slowly appear.
I’m a minimalist when it comes to wire-wrapping. For me, it’s all about the stone. For a bit of whimsy, I’ve added accents of faceted micro turquoise in the bird nest wrap. They remind me of little spinning blue planets. The touch of blue from the turquoise micro beads both complement and bring out the blues hiding in this lovely stone. Is it planet Earth? Is it the universe? I’ll leave that up to the new owner to decide.
2023 – what a year! We sold our house in CA and moved clear ‘cross country to beautiful and serene South Carolina – where the days are lazy (and hot and humid), the old live oak trees are beautiful with their Spanish moss (which is neither moss nor Spanish), the ocean waters are warm and filled with delicious fresh fish and shellfish (oyser roasts, anyone), and the people are friendly with their Southern charm. We’ve settled in quite nicely.
Although mostly retired now, the jewelry making continues to keep me busy. Our community has a boutique on the first Saturday of the month, rain or shine (can’t complain about those 85′ squalls!). On my table one will find my fun and unique jewelry pieces as well as croched hats and scarves. It all keeps me busy and enjoying the semi-retirement, adding in bird and critter watching (ever heard of a fox squirrel?) while enjoying my morning coffee.
That’s it for now. Wishing y’all a lovely and blessed day!
Recently, a friend of mine referred to me as “A real Renaissance woman”. I knew it was meant to be a compliment so I smiled and said, “thank you!” While I always enjoyed dressing up and going to the Renaissance Faire, I must confess: I really had no idea what a “Renaissance woman” was. So I looked it up in our modern day encyclopedia, the internet.
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dictionary.com states that a Renaissance woman is “a woman who has acquired profound knowledge or proficiency in more than one field.”
Hmmm… OK, I’ll accept that. While I have profound knowledge in my jewelry making, I also have knowledge of and great appreciation and proficiency in several other fields. To name a few, there’s sailing, music (especially old R&B and Motown, late 50’s and 60’s rock and roll music, and 1970’s rock music, New Wave, and disco – stop the teasing!), dancing to that music, cooking, wine appreciation, family board games like Scrabble and Taboo, card games including poker and Cribbage, baseball, road trips, fishing (freshwater preferred), animals and flowers, cruising – I could go on.
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wikihow.com gives several tips on becoming a Renaissance woman/person:
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Be talented athletically
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Be musical
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Understand art
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Be educated
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Be well-read
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Have a good family and economic life
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Be brave
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Be thoughtful and generous
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Be courteous
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Be a leader
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While I do or have been all the above, I believe that the most important traits to practice on a daily basis are courtesy, thoughtfulness, generosity, and bravery; and especially one which is not listed: happiness. We owe it to ourselves and all those we love to be happy – happy with who we are and happy with what we have.
Me? A Renaissance woman? I guess the answer would be yes. And thank you, my friend, for giving me one of the best compliments ever.
I love the hat
Chatoyant – adjective: having a changeable luster or color with an undulating narrow band of white light <a chatoyant gem>
Origin: Coined from the French “œil de chat,” meaning “cat’s eye”
Chatoyant. Chatoyance. Chatoyancy. I love the way the word flows off my tongue. It has such a beautiful feel to the mouth when spoken. Yummy. But enough about the sensuality of the word, let’s talk about what it means!
Have you ever looked at a stone and noticed the light dancing inside? Have you ever looked at a polished stone and saw what looked like ‘angel hair’, that white iridescent trim and stringy stuff we used to put on Christmas trees (before it was banned)? Have you ever looked at a polished agate and were teased by what might be a hologram somewhere within the lines of the stone? This is chatoyance – the playful dance of light caused by fibrous inclusions or cavities within a stone. It is what creates the ‘star’ in a star sapphire or star ruby.
When polishing stones, nothing thrills me more than to discover that my piece is waiting for me to bring out its chatoyance, the inner glow, the soul of the stone.
Beautiful chatoyant AGATE, from my collection.
BLUE TIGER EYE, hand polished by me.
STAR RUBY, internet image
Colorful crystals
Imagine a waterfall of color that is so rich you almost want to eat it; add a pendant that brings all these colors together. Here you have it. Add some sterling silver and you will be stopping traffic.
Lyn D jewelry design 