Back View: Each piece is signed and dated, The pendants float freely on a satin jewelry cord that ends with hand made Sterling Silver clasps. The final look is one of elegant simplicity, and the back is finished with a natural fiber paper.
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My watercolor paper pendants represent a process that began in the early 1980s when I transitioned from working in metal jewelry to experimenting with materials that were more related to what I was doing in painting. During that time I began to explore the possibilities of making jewelry using nontraditional materials such as wood, fabrics and paper, and I discovered the creative advantages of working with layered watercolor paper.
Because I was constructing jewelry with watercolor paper, I began to approach my jewelry as miniature shaped canvases onto which I painted either abstract or representational images that were closely related to my actual paintings on canvas. The process continued to evolve and improve over the years, and I have always used only the best archival materials available to artists to make jewelry. The series offered in my shop represents my most recent work in which I incorporate reproductions of my paintings on canvas onto the jewelry object. The reproductions are printed with Archival Pigmented Ink on archival watercolor paper, and the jewelry object is coated with multiple layers of an acrylic, UV protecting varnish. The final piece is mounted on a color coordinated satin cord. Every pendant is an individually handcrafted, miniature work of art. If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase upon receiving it, return it to me and I will refund 100% of its cost. 
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