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    Henry Elfering

    Morganite—a touch of BLUSH!

    I am excited about a pair of earrings I completed using a pair of Morganite drops. Morganite is a rare, pink semi-precious gemstone of the beryl family. Alongside emerald and aquamarine, morganite is certainly the best-known gemstone from the colorful group of the beryls. Women the world over lov... View Post

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    A Zoomorphic Day?

    October 31st is known as Halloween. I like to think of this holiday as a time to celebrate my zoomorphic jewelry. Just as the masks of today allow you to transform into someone or something else, the jewelry imagery I create often hides or masks the identity of the original character. It was the... View Post

WHAT CAME FIRST, THE DRAGON OR THE EGG?

With my interest in the animal myths and the animal kingdom, it should not surprise anyone that I love a good fantasy. From time to time, I depart from my morphed animal images to a simple animal depiction. I had a bracelet idea floating in my head while, like many Americans, I was watching Game of Thrones. Rather than depict a mythical dragon complete with wings, scales and claws, I wanted to attempt a more modern, abstract dragon. Often I find my drawings take on a life of their own when I begin carving my drawing into wax. Since there is such a variety in what is considered a “dragon” I felt a certain freedom to create the two headed magical creature seen in the drawing and photo above.

  My biggest challenge was the connection of each two headed dragon link. Originally, I drew a basic link to link for each connection, but once I began soldering each sterling link, I felt the bracelet lacked interest. Pushing myself to find a more interesting connection I, after chatting with another artist I came up with what I think is a perfect solution. Between each link will be a very small egg like connection that will somewhat cover the jump rings used to connect the links. The small dome shapes reminded me of the dragon eggs. I am excited to rework the linkage using 14kt white gold jump rings for added strength.

  To complete the look, I am planning on setting 5 red garnet cabochons between each dragon link representing the hot, fierce fire-breathing dragon I carved.

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