Amethyst Ombré NecklaceSeptember 2015 Amethyst, pearl, sterling silver I had these giant chunks of rough cut amethyst lying around, and had been debating what to do with them. Then I paired them against some black pearls, and I really loved the way that the amethyst chunks brought out the purple in the pearls' iridescent peacocking. Since the amethyst beads weren't all the same shade, I laid them out with the darkest beads at the ends of the necklace and the lightest three

I soldered three tangs onto the back of the copper disc

" but the meaning goes deeper than that

I've shown that symbol here with the negative space of the two sterling silver halves of this star

One way to identify a Jewish home is to see a mezuzah affixed to a doorpost

The husband and wife had met

We decided to use organic ginkgo leaves for this ring rather than the graphically strong design from the bride's mon because they fit the design better

The couple had chosen verses from Psalm 92 that they felt summed up their situation and that they wanted to incorporate into the piece: צדיק כתמר יפרח

They agreed

those three sections together look like an abstract representation of the letter shin (ש)

As the second image shows

In the stages of anaphase and telophase

but that makes this design that much more interesting