Beach combing is one of my favorite activities. Some of the interesting things I find and bring home are for outside display while others are so special they make it to my bench, to be transformed into a jewelry or sculpture. Pictured below is one special find, a beach stone from our local shore line.
Mark and I were “rock shopping” as he likes to call it, at low tide, for stones. The unusual markings on this stone below stood out in the sand so home it came.
Creating jewelry from irregular stones or sea glass present a challenge in that stones and gems made for jewelry fabrication tend to be more uniform in shape and thickness. Not so in found objects.
The bezel is created from fine and sterling silver and has hand stamped ray patterns around the edge. The hand fabricated chain necklace features red aventurine beads that complement the minerals in the stone.
Beach stone necklace bezel set in fine silver on a hand fabricated sterling silver necklace.
Backside of the bezel set beach stone. 925 stamp and my makers initials are stamped on this back
Work in progress, fitting the bezel; Before setting the stone I test in in the bel. The strings under the stone will be used pull out it out of the bezel, should it get stuck.