Swept away

When I was in Taxco, Mexico, as you can imagine, there was so much to buy and on I limited budget, I had carefully choose what to buy and I had a hard time making up my mind! Of course I gravitated towards the earthy/watery materials...like black coral and this awesome ammonite.

I decided to combine both and make this mini-brooch. It looks like a small squid, with the coral being it's tentacles.

What do you think?

Petrified ammonite set in sterling silver prongs.

A giant seashell my grandparents gave me.

The squids tentacles.

Stamped and ready to be worn!

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turtle shell

Last weekend I visited my parents in Granite Falls, they live near Lake Hickory and my Dad found this turtle shell. Isn't it amazing? I never knew that the 'skin' (looks more like bark) flaked off.

The patterns on the skin are quite beautiful and remind me of butterfly wings or even moth wings. The skin has a plastic texture - perfect for an epoxy resin...I got so excited and my Dad gave me the shell to use for some weird, crazy jewelry.

The inside vertebrate, this would be perfect for mold making.

And aren't these a marvel?
So many wonderful design and patterns can be culled
from the animal and plant kingdom.

Kinda looks like a Rorschach test pattern.

It will be exciting to begin designing a piece around these beautiful turtle remians...poor thing.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!
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