This custom piece features a fluorite spear wrapped in silver wire.
This week I had the pleasure of working on a custom piece for a friend of mine, working with a fluorite spear.
Its a special challenge to make a piece of jewelry based off of someone else’s vision. Most of the time, when I am creating I get to call all the shots and have full expression of my creative vision. In this case, I had to keep the vision of my friend in mind.
The customer wanted minimal wire across the face of the stone. The fluorite is so beautiful on its own, so I was really using the wire to hold the stone. The silver wire also compliments the blues and purples in the fluorite. Many of the pieces I make are with copper wire. I like the color of antiqued copper wire, but solid silver wire is much stronger and more reliable to work with.
I’m looking forward to unveiling this piece to its owner!
Artist- Sarah Orlik
I really like your photograph on this Sarah, the feather makes a fun prop.