Tropical Key West Pendant for Helen

This one is for Helen...

Key West Tropical Collection

This is also what you call a balancing act!

Only 13/4" high this pendant features (6) Heart Shaped Philodendron leaves (1) Philodendron Leaf (1) Palm Leaf (1) Banana Leaf (1) Hibiscus Flower (1) Boulder Opal surrounded by Bamboo

This piece will be cast in 14k Yellow Gold & Sterling Silver...WHEW!

...and matching Earring, of course

Almost finished, these will be cast in SS & 14k Yellow Gold 

to match the pendant.

Key West Collection

My Key West
Collection

The Orchids are by far (in my mind) the most unique flower of all and the tropical leaves are by far the most unusual as well, each having their own uniqueness and all a pure pleasure to sculpt.

But I think I'm finally seeing a pattern in me, I enjoy seeing the whole tropical thing together as if I was on a tropical island looking in. I enjoy looking at my jewelry and seeing a vein wrapping around the bamboo while a hibiscus flower is nudging its way through trying to find his spot to shine.

...anyway, I hope you see my jewelry as a place where you can escape too.

I wanted a pendant that is bold, like my cuff so I was off to my drawing board to sketch out a solution. What I didn't draw but was in my head was that hibiscus peeking out between the leaves and to make up for that, I wanted her to shine in 14KG. (I think she was very happy with that).

Once sculpting I decided that I did not want a bamboo oval with all the leaves
crowded inside, although if you look at it you would think that's exactly what I did but if you look closely you'll notice that the leaves make up the circle.






I also wanted the leaves to have height so I cupped the leaves which gave additional depth to the piece.

For more information about this piece, please click here.

Again, thanks for looking!