Aigaios was the God of violent sea storms and the ally of the Titans. The Aegean Sea was named after him. The art clay in this piece certainly resembles the torment of ocean seas and if you look carefully you might even see a face or figure in the structure of the piece. The two distinctive swirls representing water funnels and the white representing the froths of the oceans seas that are created from such violent sea storms. Afterwards, the sun shines brilliantly (as in the bright yellow Swarovsky crystals) above and all comes to a calm after the storm.
I first had to create the abstract art work in a sheet of clay before I could cut, cure and coat the central piece of this necklace in resin. I then started work on creating a frame for the pendant which I wove and wrapped with the clay piece in solid copper. I added a cluster of yellow Swarovsky crystals which give the pendant sparkle. I then created the chain from solid copper wire in a rosary pattern with small copper rounds and tube shaped beads of yellow, white and green, the colors of the pendant. And, finally, I created a copper hook from the wire to finish off the piece.
The pendant of this necklace measures 2 and ½ inches wide and is 1 and ½ inches long from the top of the bail. The chain measures 20 and 3/4 inches and has an extension chain for another inch making the total length of the chain 21 and 3/4 inches long. The chain can be shortened by removing one inch links as needed.
This piece will be available for purchase at the Dutch Reformed Church off Route 9 in Hyde Park, NY on November 19th. Come and visit me there. http://www.bodyice.net/
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