Sunday, May 27, 2018

Anansi...the storyteller body necklace.  Handcrafted links of brass connect chucks of coral, reconstituted coral, Aventine, jasper, glass trade beads and African resin. Here is an example of an Anansi story...



Szarka and her Family business...Magpie Gemstones have been a consistent resource since I started working with stone and wire 


In this video she shares what is going on in the hand crafted jewelry industry with the production of "fake" gemstones.  As she says in the video, whatever they are made of just say so."  Using what I believed to be real gemstones has always been a part of Spirit Dance Adornments.  I thought I could "eyeball" the real thing. I thought I could trust when I was told by a seller that the beads they were selling were real.  Now I know different.  Watch this video. Me, I'm finding the nearest "local gem and mineral club."