The Pastel Gemstone Multi-Strand Necklace: When Failure Becomes Two Designs
I built the back of this necklace first, a hidden treasure of opal clusters meant to rest at the nape, then watched my heart sink when the front design completely failed. From that creative wall came three weeks of reconstruction, and from one failed vision, two beautiful designs were born.
The Green Amethyst Collar: Designing in Three Dimensions
If there's one truth about designing jewelry, it's this: the piece will tell you what it wants to be, if you're patient enough to listen. This green amethyst collar went through three weeks of pivots, abandoning my original vertical pendant concept to discover how a necklace could fan gracefully across the collarbone.