honeybee necklace

honeybee necklace, banded dryhead agate, fine and sterling silver, pearl; kimberly nogueira 2011

i just completed this honeybee piece, with a sweet little banded dryhead agate cabochon, fine silver bee, and tiny pearl nested within a fine silver flower.  see more photos of this by clicking on etsy

as bees gather honey, so we collect what is sweetest out of all things and build...
                          rainer maria rilke

some stones and vintage toy fragments

agate, chrysocolla, included quartz, amethyst

pmc forms, enamelled disc, pink sapphires, vintage compass, frozen charlotte, cobalto calcite, agate

the collage on my work bench changes on a weekly basis, i would say. here is what is there now, and yesterday. the included quartzes are from brazil, recently arrived after about 6 months in the postal system. there are some vintage fragments, a bit of enamel, a bezel for polymer clay image transfer, some pretty cabochons, bits of silver and unfired pmc