Urban Inspiration

To give you a peak into what inspires me to design a piece of jewelry, I thought I would explain how the City Squares necklace came to be.

I am always on the lookout for great stuff to make into jewelry - something striking and unique is always going to go home with me. Often...the beauty of a clasp or gem is all the inspiration I need. Then there are those times when I collect a bunch of parts and can't for the life of me figure out what to do with them. That is the case with the sardonyx, crystal and sterling silver squares used in the City Squares Necklace.

I wanted to combine them with the Swarovski crystal squares and the sterling silver squares, but for some reason, the look was just not coming together for me. Until one day when I was walking in downtown San Francisco.

I looked up at an office tower in front of me with the graphic rows of windows and something in my brain made me think of the Sardonyx and the other squares. I have to admit, it really helps my creativity when I'm feeling moody and I was in a real funk that day. I was inspired at that point to pull out all of the parts that I knew would one day come together into a stunning necklace. When I sat down to create the necklace, all the parts just seem to fall into place.

For more pictures of this necklace check out this page -

http://www.heartsdesirejewelry.com/item.php?item_id=250&category_id=46