The Weekend in Black and White

Jewellery Pliers

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The Weekend in Black and White.

Birthday Dragon.

Fits my little finger nicely. 

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Bracelet.

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Mirrored Jewellery Box

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The Weekend in Black and White

Swan Brooch

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ABC Wednesday - J and K.

I missed last week - sorry about that!
I thought I'd show just one picture for the letter J

Jewellery-making.
It's a hobby I haven't practised much recently, but I still have all the stuff.

Now for today.
K is for
Ketu,
who is a hatching dragon made by Nemesis Now.

I think he's really cute!
(Or should that be Kute?!)

There are many more K posts over on the ABC page. Go and enjoy what others have found.

ABC Wednesday - N

Here we are at letter N.
I've no gemstones or anything of that sort beginning with N so this week I'm featuring
NACRE

According to my dictionary, nacre is the iridescent internal layer of a mollusc shell. It is also known as 'mother of pearl' since the same substance is used to coat a speck of grit and form a pearl.

Nacre is used for decorative inlays in items as diverse as furniture and musical instruments. It is also cut into various pretty shapes for use in jewellery. More information can be found here.

These are some of the shapes I have. The small ones have been engraved.

Here the small pieces are attached to chains as simple pendants. The larger pieces are fixed to a chain with other items to make a summer necklace.

ABC Wednesday is hosted by Mrs Nesbitt.
More N posts can be found through the Linky site, or on the Anthology page. They are worth a visit.

ABC Wednesday - L

Yet another busy day today, and I have to apologise to all the people I haven't yet visited from yesterday. I'm posting this evening to (I hope!) give myself chance to catch up tomorrow.

So here we go then.

Mrs Nesbitt started ABC Wednesday, which is now well into its second year, and has reached the letter L for the third time.

Now I'm sure you have all realised by now that I love jewellery and gemstones. So without more ado I shall introduce my word of the week.

L
is for
LAPIDARY

Lapidary is the art of cutting and carving gemstones. I wish I had the skill and the patience to do this kind of work, but I don't.
I do, however, have a carved stone pendant.
It was, I believe, carved in China, and the stone is probably carnelian.
The design, naturally, is a dragon.
The dragon is the Chinese type, without wings, but it's very beautiful.
The stone is nearly 4.5 cm (2 inches) long.

You'll find many more L participants on the ABC Linky site.
They are all worth visiting.