Mermaid’s Lair~ Ocean inspired jewelry

“The Mermaid” – J. W. Waterhouse  has always made my heart sing~

I see the Deep’s untrampled floor

With green and purple sea-weeds strown;

I see the waves upon the shore

like light dissolved in star-showers thrown…

Percy Bysshe Shelley

This piece is inspired by recent trips to the coast, and by the ever-transfixing Nautilus shell button by Green Girl Studios (a fantastical creature!).  Bracelet has stones of apatite, amazonite,  unpolished onyx, turquoise, glass, and quartz, lampwork glass, seaweed pearls, & black and white pearls for beadcaps.

The Nautilus sold, but I will be adding more like this to my Etsy store, for the Siren Series- jewelry for all amphibious sirens. 

Seaweed and Sand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There
where small waves
roll & tease, we retrace steps
down to the cove

-remember when you found a ring?
there I point, 10 feet on.

       Half embedded in wet sand
       shiny on a shell, veiled by seaweed.
       Surprised to see the ring
       you wanted, you asked
       -How…did this get here?

Now
you smile.  -Maybe
there will be
another?

-No. Mermaids only visit once.

River of Stones Writing prompt