One more stone to set, a bit of clean-up and this pendant is ready to go.  Amethyst is a stone I’ve been working a lot with lately, and I love how well it handles when cutting and polishing, and especially how well it looks set in silver…

This stone is veriegated, fading from dark purple to lighter bands that remind me of  rolling hills in fog. I cut out a large part of the back plate to allow light to filter through. 

One of my next projects will be to cut some pieces from this gorgeous slab of Sage Amethyst-full of intriguing patterns and colours, can’t wait to see how it looks all cut and polished!        

The downside of working with these pieces is at some point I need to part with them–probably the hardest part of what I do.  So I’m really excited to have found a local shop that I think is a good fit for us both, and am busy getting some pieces together to “let them go”…. will let you know how that goes ♥