Tamar Second
LIght Studio
Stories
Studio Stories
Second Light is the second chapter of my Tamar collection, a set of pastel gemstone pieces each made once and never repeated. These are the stories behind the necklaces: the stones, the bench moments, and the small accidents that made each one itself.
The woman this collection is named for
For Tamar
The collector who understood this work at a rare depth, and gave the weave its name. In her own words.
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Moontide: The Moonstone Necklace I Was Not Sure Would Work
The first piece of Second Light: a graduated fan of blue-flash moonstone, engineered a hundred moves ahead.
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Halo: A Beautiful Contradiction
A shortage of 12-gauge wire became a floating pastel choker, given its spine by a clasp moved to the front.
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How a Name Comes to a One-of-a-Kind Piece: The Fairy Dynamite Story
A pastel opal-and-topaz cluster, named by the community that watched it come together.
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The Stone That Sat in My Drawer for Years: An Amethyst Stalactite Necklace
A Tucson geode slice, years in a drawer, grown into a one-of-a-kind pastel cluster.
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The Choker That Floats: A Rainbow Moonstone Story
A rainbow moonstone cluster wound up one side of the base so it floats at the throat.
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The Ovals That Found a New Home: A Vermeil Collar Necklace
Rehomed gold vermeil ovals, a mixed-beryl cluster, and angel-wing baroque pearls.
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Fairy Dynamite's Sister: A Rainbow Pearl Lariat
A hand-bailed grey pearl lariat threaded through a gold vermeil oval, finished with an unplanned second drop.
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The Wire That Found a Home Twice: Green Amethyst Hoops and Their Necklace
Orphaned square wire that found a home twice, as geometric hoops and a three-oval necklace.
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Cascade: The Amethyst Stalactite Necklace That Falls Like Water
A second stalactite set point-down, with three rows of chevron chain that waterfall into a triple drop.
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Ember: The Smallest Stalactite Became a Cuff
The smallest of three stalactite slices, wrapped into a fabricated 14k gold-filled cuff with four stones threaded through it.
Read the storyEach piece is built once. When it sells, it is gone.