Elemental Pendant - Air

(2008) 2.5" for the pendant including bail, 16" for the necklace. Silver clay (shaped, carved, fired, enameled and antiqued) enamel (sky blue, periwinkle blue), acid etched lapis beads, London Topaz beads, labradorite beads, silver lentil beads, Hill Tribe silver beads, silver wire, clasp finding.

Finally I'm back to doing clay work, and with some commissions coming up and some Christmas presents on the way, there should be more in the next few weeks.

For the four element pendants I chose the traditional alchemistical triangle symbols, a triangle pointing upwards for Air and Fire, a triangle pointing downwards for Water and Earth. The triangles for Air and Earth also have a horizontal line bisecting it, which I tried to incorporate by giving those two pendants more of a horizontal composition, and Fire and Water pendants more of a vertical one.

I carved an abstract design of air moving with the currents of the wind into the Air pendant and then filled the carved areas with enamel powder. After firing I matched the colors with gemstones that fit best with the hues, and as the periwinkle blue did another unexpected color strike into the realm of bogey green I decided to mix up some London topaz and labradorite to balance it out.