Harvest SeasonOctober 2023 Rose quartz, almandine garnet, citrine, 14 karat gold Chain is not included While working on other projects, I randomly grouped these three stones together and was struck by their autumnal tones. I liked how the size and luminosity of the rose quartz allowed it to stand up to the intensity of the garnet and citrine, despite barely being in the reddish tone family. The first layouts that I did were in the same order as shown, but with the

27mm thick rope chain

and a large metal hand makes a pretty good shield

And here's Ralph's ring:

the bead is made from olopua wood which is an endemic Hawaiian olive species (the olives are not edible

she sent out invitations and RSVP cards with a stylized illustration of a monstera as the main design element

the god of prophecy and light

Flanking the latte stone motif are the Hebrew words ראש פנה (rosh pinah)

vitreous glass enamel

I of course had to adapt the material to my art

and with a bezel setting rather than prongs to avoid snags or losing the stone

Sometimes getting your wires crossed results in unexpected designs

and a web search had turned up the ner tamid that I'd designed for Etz Hayim in Arlington