SALE PRICED: Occasionally, I am Able to Obtain Some of Marta's Designs at Reduced Prices and Pass the Savings Directly To You! Here is Your Opportunity to Own One of Marta's Art Pieces, Which are Priced at Levels Normally Unattainable by Consumers. These are Greatly Discounted and Priced Way Below...
SALE PRICED: Occasionally, I am Able to Obtain Some of Marta's Designs at Reduced Prices and Pass the Savings Directly To You! Here is Your Opportunity to Own One of Marta's Art Pieces, Which are Priced at Levels Normally Unattainable by Consumers. These are Greatly Discounted and Priced Way Below Retail. These Reduced Price Designs Offer the Same Unique Works of Art by Marta, But They Just Did Not Meet the Right Combination of Appeal With Her Expectations and Strict High Quality of Standards. Meaning, the Semi-Precious Gemstones, and/or Other Combined Materials With the Shell Media are Darker or Lighter in Appearance Compared to Her Higher Quality Standard Designs. Also, Many of the Other Included Designs Listed in This Reduced Price Category Are Nearly Perfect and are of High Quality, But Were Cleared Out Simply Due to a High Volume of Inventory. These Pieces are Not Defective in Any Way and Do Not Display Any Noted Shell or Gemstone Cracks, Splits, Breaks or Any Other Observable Construction Anomalies. I Hope You Will Enjoy One or More of Her Gorgeous Works of Art With These Cost-Effective Choices I Have Listed!
I am Proud to Offer You this Contemporary "Gifts from the Sea"™ Line of Exclusive Designs Created by Hawaiian Jewelry Artist Marta Howell Studio®. Contemporary and Bold, Not for the Timid. Ever Know That Feeling When You See Something at a Moment's Glance and You do a Double-take Second Look, Because Your Eyes Just Didn't Believe What they Saw. This Was the Exact Effect Felt When I Came Across Marta's Gorgeous Collection of Unique and Superbly Crafted Art Pieces! Exquisitely Beautiful, Each and Every Piece is a Show Stopper! From Her Heart to Yours Comes this Beautiful Gift from the Sea! I Truly Apologize to Her as My Pictures Do Not Best Reflect the True Appearance and Beauty of Her Wonderful Treasures as a Gifted Artist. All of Marta's Shell Pieces are Geographically-Selected as She Possesses a Keen Understanding of How Each Region's Shell Can Display Certain Qualities With Respect to Their Luster, Colors and Iridescent Characteristics. All of Marta's Calibrated and Uniform-Sized Semi-Precious Gemstones Included in This Listing are of a Premium Grade Quality or Better.
NOTES: Item is Much Better Than Pictured and Does Not Reflect the True Beauty of the Druzy Quartz's Tones, Colors and Sparkling Reflections. The Oyster Shell in the Item's Picture is Used for Background Purposes Only and is Not Included. Brand New, Never Used Hawaiian Designed Silver Druzy Slide Pendant. 100% Solid .925 Solid Sterling Silver With Natural Brazilian Quartz Drusies (Titanium Coated). Design: Contemporary Square-Cut Druzy Quartz Crystals; Cutout, Raised Bezel-Set Gemstone Design, Hand-Cut and Hand-Shaped, Smooth Silver High Polish Finish, Open-End Adjustable Slide Bail; Measures: Square-Framed Quartz Crystals is Approx. 17.9mm Widest X 18.1mm Longest X 4.8mm Thickest (Approx. 11/16" Widest X Just Over 11/16" Longest X Just Over 3/16" Thickest); Overall 11/16" Widest X 1 1/2" Long incl. Unclosed Adjustable Slide Bail Opening, 5.5mm Wide X 6mm Long Adjustable Slide Bail Opening; Weight: Approx. 6.5 grams Total; Druzy Grade: Premium Quality, Vapor Coated Titanium (There Are No Known Semi-Precious Grading Methods For Druzy Quartz Crystals). Druzy Crystals Are Typically Graded Regarding Eye Appeal, the Vapor-Coated Metal Used, Color Saturation, and Sparkly Reflections. Overall, Druzy Grade is Based on Indicators of Color and Quality of Appearance. The Most Desired Colors Range From Raspberry, Classic Cobalt Blue, Marine Blue, Ultraviolet, and Green Drusies; Color: Classic Cobalt Blue (Dark Navy Blue), Vacuum Vapor-Coated with Titanium. Features: In Hawaiian, the Words "Miki`oi" Means "Skilled Detailed Craftsmanship", "Ho`ohiluhilu" Means "Elegant", "Hulali" Means "Sparkling", "Nani e makahehi 'ia ai" Means "Alluring", and "Ho`onani" Means "Beautiful", All of Which Describe This Exclusive Design Exactly! A Wonderful Piece, This Beautiful Hand-made Hawaiian Designed Sterling Silver Pendant is Superbly Hand-Crafted With a Smooth, Silver High Polish Finish Background. This Labor-Intensive Design Features a Gorgeous Sparkling, Cobalt Blue, Square-Cut Piece of Druzy Quartz Crystals. These Are Natural Quartz Drusies, Titanium-Coated, With Beveled Sides, Smooth Backs, and Have Wonderful, Rich Blue Colors in Cobalt Blue With Subtle Whispers of Pink, Lavender, Purple, and Royal Blue Sparkles. These Quartz Crystals Were Vacuum-Sealed and Vapor-Coated With Titanium Metal to Permanently Produce the Cobalt Blue Colored Crystals. This Druzy Crystal Piece Offers a Mostly Slight-Rolling Contoured Facing Surface Shape With a Smooth, Flat Back on the Reverse Side. The Bezel-Cut Druzy Quartz Crystals Are Encased in Hand-Shaped Solid .925 Sterling Silver, Raised Bezel-Style Frame That Conforms to the Exact Cuts, Shapes and Sides of This Crystal Piece Using a Very Heavy Gauge Sterling Silver Wire. A Unique, One of a Kind Piece that Exudes Pride of Ownership! Normally Retails for $210 and Higher in Fine Waikiki Shops, and Inter-Island Boutiques and Shopping Mall Jewelry Stores.
About Marta: Staff Writer, Honolulu Advertiser - "A mollusk is not a pretty thing. At least from the outside. They are usually gray and craggy and covered with little craters that look like out-of-control warts. Of all the creatures in the ocean, a mollusk seems unlikely to be the one that would normally inspire art...until its shell is opened. Opening a mollusk can be like prying open a treasure box long hidden in the depths of the ocean. Iridescent colors explode from the shell, from pale gray-blues and soft golden tones to brilliant pinks, purples and greens. Now these gifts from the sea are being used to create one-of-a-kind wearable art by one of Hawai`i's jewelry designers Marta Howell of Kailua, on the Island of Oahu, Hawai`i." She begins with Mother-of-pearl, sometimes combining it with Corals and Semi-precious Stones such as Tourmaline, Peridot, Amethyst, Blue Topaz, Citrine and Garnet, as the muses move Her. David, her husband taught her silversmithing, and she uses silver to bind the pieces together. The effect is often of a silver frame around the shells and stones. Marta stated, "I see art in every piece of shell. It's a never-ending adventure. Taking layers from the shells was like finding a new world within the shell." Howell said the temperature of the ocean, age of the mollusk and algae and seaweed they eat help determine the colors the shells take on. Those from Sumatra have a golden hue; from Norway, blue-pink; and New Zealand's are green-blue. Howell said one of the properties she likes best about working with mother-of-pearl is that there is a shade that works with every skin color. When she is designing, she has six muses in mind, each is based on a woman she has known in real life. They range from a graceful, feminine Hawaiian woman to a businesswoman "with attitude." About Druzy Quartz: The term "Druzy" refers to a large number of thin, tiny quartz crystals which is formed within the inside of another host stone. One good example of druzy is the crystals filled inside the cavity of a geode. Most druzy quartz occurs inside of chalcedony geodes which formed as nodules within ancient volcanic rocks or lava. Cavities within the rock where slowly filled by silicate and zeolitic minerals, which were deposited in layers upon the walls of the cavity. When the deposition process does not proceed to the point where the cavity is completely full, a hollow space remains, causing a geode. When the ground water that carries dissolved silica is forced to get filled into a porous area of rock, rapid cooling occurs and it causes the formation of minute crystals. As in Druzy Chrysocolla, the rock is composed of agatized chrysocolla with crusts of small sparkling quartz crystals in tiny cavities. Occasionally, when amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, or similar mineral crystals grow they can form a tightly-packed matrix which creates a dense bed of individual crystals, each with only a single termination pyramid exposed. When this bed of crystals has a very fine crystalline structure similar to sugar or salt crystals, it is known as "druzes," "druzy," "drusies," or "druzi," which is described as having an "encrustation" crystal habit. This aggregate of minute crystals coating a surface is also referred to as "druzy encrustation." In its natural state, druzy quartz is clear, white, tan, golden (citrine), and light purple (amethyst), but there is a wide variety of dramatic colors found in jewelry-grade druzy, which is mostly the result of artificial heat, irradiation treatments, or using precious metal vapor coatings. Vapor-coating (aka vapor-deposition) is one of the more common gemstone enhancements used to achieve the scintillation and myriad of colors and that are found in druzy quartz jewelry. This is a similar process to the application of thin films and metallic coatings onto silicon wafers, used in electronics. In a vacuum chamber, vaporized titanium metal is mixed with oxygen and deposited onto the crystal, bonding to the surface at a molecular level. Titanium is used to create intense hues of blue, green, and purple, as well as adding an iridescent (schiller effect) quality and/or play-of-color. Druzy crystal is typically cut into flat planes (calibrated druzy) to be placed into a bezel jewelry setting. Druzy Care: Clean by swirling through soapy water, rinse in distilled or filtered water, and blow-dry. The vapor-coating on druzy crystals will be fine as long as it is not abraded. Jewelry Handling: It is Not Recommended to Use Harsh Cleaners, Detergents, Soaps, Shampoos, Jewelry Cloths or Jewelry Liquids, Chemicals, Chlorine, Body or Tanning Lotions, Ultrasonic Cleaners, Tarnish Creams, Showering, Swimming in Pools or Hot Tubs or the Ocean With Druzy Quartz Jewelry. Purchase Assurance of Quality: As Each of These Pendants are Intricately Hand-made, with High Attention-to-Detail, Using Semi-Precious Druzy Quartz Gemstones, Each is a One-of-a-kind, Unique Design That You Will Cherish for Your Very Own! Makes a Great Gift or Treat Yourself to Start or Add to Your Collection of Fine Contemporary Gemstone Jewelry Designs. Stamped .925 with Artist's Hallmark for Assurance Marks of Solid .925 Sterling Silver Purity and Quality Jewelry Art Created by Marta Howell. Hand-made with "aloha". Ships in a Gift Box with Special Marta Howell Gift Bag. 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