Faceted Lapis Necklaces
- elizabethvore
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
Lapis Lazuli is one of my absolute favorite semi-precious stones. My favorite is far too soft to ever use in jewelry sadly. I absolutely love all things blue, and the spotting/veining in lapis is just to die for. I originally got this pair of Cabs to make into earrings, but I just decided that they were too big. I am not a huge fan of large earrings.
I also couldn't decide if I wanted to do a copper setting, to highlight the slight copper notes in the piece, or if I wanted to do a gunmetal setting. I usually do gunmetal for lapis lazuli since most of the lapis pieces I have don't have very much copper in them. So making them into pendants allowed me to do one of each! I do think I like the gunmetal better but I am still kind of on the fence. What do you think?
I found these two pieces extremely difficult to photograph, the facets were just too reflective but I did my best and I think at least a few of the photos came out.
Part of why I love Lapis is because of its long history, and its prevalence in Ancient Egypt. It is considered to be a stone of protection. It creates harmony in the body while repelling negative energies and psychic attacks. For the Ancient Egyptians they associated the stone with the early morning dawn and the waters of Nun. It was also considered to be the hair of the gods, which is why you will see it in the inlays of pharaohs ornate sarcophagi. Lapis Lazuli doesn't occur naturally in Egypt which means they thought it was so beautiful/important/valuable that they were willing to import every single piece of it that they used.
The Gunmetal one is available on Etsy here.
The Brass one is available on Etsy here.
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