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by: Jennifer Tough

This necklace is certainly fit for a goddess - and who better than a moon goddess such as Artemis? The main inspiration for this piece was of course the lovely textured lentil which looks quite a bit like a cratered moon - and the pearls, just luscious!

This will be a time consuming one to make, as each pearl is handwired. It is so worth the effort though, this necklace is stunning, and much richer than I can capture in a photo.   You'll notice that I have used a combination of both sterling, and base metal. I do usually try to work only in sterling, however in this case. The cost would have gone through the roof. I kept the sterling to the 'important' bits - the focal, the clasp, and the bead caps. The wire is silver plate artistic wire, and the head pins are rhodium plate (love those headpins!) These give you a non tarnish, antique silver finish. I suppose they may tarnish eventually - but we've been carrying them for about 7/8 years - and they're still going strong on jewelry we've designed with them.

Note: The pearl holes were a bit small for the 22 gauge wire. I decided to ream the holes to make them larger, rather than use a smaller gauge wire.  I didn't feel the 24 gauge would be strong enough for this particular necklace.

I think it's perfectly acceptable to mix sterling and base metals in many cases!

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		74701019 Artistic Wire - 22 gauge Round Wire - Non-Tarnish Silver Plate (Spool) (I wish I had kept track - i started out with a full spool, and I still have a bunch left - too much for me to unwind to measure!)	Price: $ 6.75 per Spool	In Stock
	Qty: 30	22601030 Findings - Headpins - 2 inch Fine Gauge - Rhodium Plated (100)	Price: $ 2.75 per 100	In Stock
	Qty: 1	s20239 Findings - Magnetic Clasps - Domed Flower - Sterling (1)	Price: $ 14.40 each	In Stock
		s24805 Freshwater Pearls - 8.5 x 6 mm Button Pearl - Deep Mauve (strand) (I used about half a strand.)	Price: $ 9.35 per strand	Sorry - this item is unavailable.
	Qty: 6	s23270 Metal Bead Cap - Simplest Dome - Bright Sterling (1)	Price: $ 0.80 each	In Stock
	Qty: 10	ss114 Sterling Beads - 3 mm Faceted Cube - Sterling (1)	Price: $ 0.32 each	In Stock
	Qty: 32	27753011337284 Swarovski Elements Bead - 4 mm Faceted Xilion Bicone (5328) - Greige (36)	Price: $ 7.25 per 36	In Stock
	Qty: 1	s24132 Thai Silver - 25 mm Stone-Textured Lentil - Antiqued Sterling (1)	Price: $ 11.35 each	In Stock