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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

My Favorite Things

Favorites---we all have them. 

Whether it's your favorite color (olive green), favorite food (garden-fresh tomatoes), season (autumn), author (Cormac McCarthy), shoes (black biker boots)...the list goes on. We can learn so much about a person by looking at their favorite things. See, look how much you just learned about me? Of course, we as humans are much more nuanced than a condensed list of favorites, but these are great starting points. 



One of my most favorite stones---and honey, I've worked with a LOT of stones---is chiastolite. A form of rosy brown andalusite and otherwise known as "cross stone", this wicked material features completely naturally occurring black graphite crosses or Xs at its center. The iconography of the cross goes back thousands of years across untold cultures. I love the provenance and fluidity of such a symbol.

So any time I see a nice piece of chiastolite, I tend to snap it up like a hamster---hoarding it away for future use. These little teardrop pieces weren't in my hands very long before they spoke to me. I gave them wee soldered caps and dangled them simply beneath vintage wood beads and ratty pronged black metal bead caps. Ever so slightly industrial and gothic (see aforementioned proclivity for black biker boots) with a crunchy earth goddess vibe thrown in for good measure. Hey, that pretty much sums me up.

OK, now tell me some of YOUR favorites!

Happy Wednesday!
Nikki
LoveRoot on Etsy

9 comments:

  1. Well, you just sold these to me. I went snuffling guiltily over to your shop, thinking, 'I might need these'. And - of course! - they've sold. Yet more stunners!

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    1. Yarrrrr I'm sorry! I almost always kick myself whenever I list something with this stone...you think I'd learn?

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  2. Thank you so much for introducing this beautiful stone. I never heard of it. And you turned them into a gorgeous pair of earrings.

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    1. Thanks so much! Maybe we should form a chiastolite support group ;)

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  3. That stone is fantastic and I love those "ratty pronged caps"!!! No surprise they are sold!

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    1. I was wondering what in the heck I'd use those dramatic caps on and they just happened to fit the wood beads perfectly!

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  4. Well. . . . some of MY favorite things??. . . . hmmmmm. . . . well, first of all, LOVE ROOT EARRINGS! These earrings are gorgeous. Nice specimens of the stone, too. :)

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