Blood Milk Jewels
The Medium. Petite Mother of Pearl Necklace. * Limited *
$160.00
Blood Milk Jewels
The Medium. Petite Mother of Pearl Necklace. * Limited *
$160.00
IMPORTANT: This jewel is limited and we are unsure if they'll be available again in the future. We recommend Express Shipping with signature required upon delivery to best ensure it arrives safely in your hands.
PLEASE NOTE : This necklace will be created with an 18" bar link chain. If you desire a different chain length, it's important that you email us immediately after placing your order.
Because these stones are limited, we are not able to accommodate any requests for specific stone preferences.
Inspired by one of the first collections I released, my Lily Dale series, this third iteration of 'The Medium' features a petite disembodied, elegant hand emerging from a ruffled sleeve and holding a milky mother of pearl tear.
Lily Dale is the largest community of spiritualist mediums, located in Upstate NY on the edge of Lake Cassadaga. I first visited there in the summer of 2010 as a seeker, a trip that would cement my interest in Victorian Spiritualism, and how it has thrived in the shadows of modern society. Séances were popularized during the Victorian era, however spirit communication has existed for many hundreds of years prior, perhaps since the first humans. One method of spirit communication ( & perhaps the most visibly recognizable ) consisted of a group of people who encircled a table with a Medium present, in candle lit darkness, to communicate with the spirit world. Our need to be close to our beloved dead has never waned, with the role of the Medium always needing to be filled.
*Details* :
- 42 mm from top to bottom
- 11 mm wide
- Solid sterling silver: oxidized to achieve a stormy gray. Hand polished to reveal the luminous silver tones beneath.
- Seen on Miguel on a 20 inch chain
- Set with one 6 x 8 mm pear Mother of Pearl cabochon
Pearls
Have an ancient history of reverence as well as a long legacy of beauty. Pearls are formed when an external irritant, like a grain of sand, breaches the shell of an oyster or shelled mollusk. Once this irritant has gained entrance within the dark fleshy confines of the oyster, it goes to work protecting itself. If this irritant can’t be expelled, it begins to ‘bandage’ the grain, coating it with concentric rings of calcium carbonate, named ‘narce.’ Each layer that is built up forms the shape of the pearl, awash in a brilliant iridescence, a beauty born of a tiny trespass. Thusly, a pearl has at its center, the object of its creation, a foreign intruder.
I associate the pearl and its strange construction to so many things: the jellied caterpillar struggling within a chrysalis, its liquefied body form a new winged shape. An embedded star smoldering within the shell of our hearts. An ink dot, a pin prick, a moon in miniature. History, who has always loved and revered the pearl, writes that we once believed pearls were the result of lightning striking the shell and penetrating the inner skins of the oyster. A small beauty made in duress, a ‘stone’ of initiation. To possess a pearl means to own something that is hidden, sacred.
Lore has it that Cleopatra, to win a wager with Antony, dissolved a large, exquisite pearl in her drinking glass. She swallowed it in one sip. I wonder about her dreams that night.
These Mother of Pearl cabochons are hand cut and therefore may have very slight differences in size and may have small signs of the carver's hands along the edges. These are not fabricated by a machine, they are made by hand and therefore aren't uniformly perfect. The photographs accurately portray the quality of the cabochons and the cuts.
Please note they range slightly in color but these are light cream in color with a pearlescent flash. Some of the cabochons have a subtle iridescence which includes shades of pink, blue, and green when turned in the light.
These jewels are hand cut and therefore may have very slight differences in size and may have small signs of the carver's hands along the edges. These are not fabricated by a machine, they are made by hand and therefore aren't uniformly perfect. The photographs accurately portray the quality of the stones and the cuts.
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This necklace is handmade to order, just for you. Please allow approximately 6-8 weeks for creation before shipping.
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