This piece was inspired by the end of autumn season. In October and November, when everything seems to become more dull, the contrast of the last bright yellow leaves and the dark, almost black tree-trunks is very refreshing. It's like the last touch of bright colours before winter.

This pendant was made by hand of silver and two yellow cubic zirconias. It is oxidized and partially polished.

Imagine one of those cold nights, when the sky is clear and you can perfectly see the moon and all the major star constellations. The wind is blowing and it moves the branches quite intensively. The leaves are rustling, some of them come off and fly with the wind. Maybe you are in the forest, or perhaps you just sat under a lonely tree to watch this spectacle of leaves dancing in the moonlight... 

I tried to reflect the beauty of those sceneries and the feeling of solitude and freedom in this openwork pendant. Its crescent-shape base is adorned with branches, leaves and two cubic zirconias. It was totally hand formed out of fine and sterling silver, oxidized and partially polished.

It's been a long time since I last wrote here- I was too busy with my studies and personal life to find a moment for this blog :) I wasn't completely inactive with jewellery-making though- I made some silicone molds for future designs, finally put all of my tools in order, read some advices on photography, got many new inspirations, and bought a lot of beautiful stones- olivines, citrines, garnets, sapphires, moonstones, and last but not least- this wonderful, Finnish spectrolite:

I love its intensive colour and labradorescence so much that I really feel I must use it for something special.

Also, I'm changing layout here- I just think it's time for autumn-cleaning ;) I ordered Melonarium logo and watermark from a very talented friend of mine and really hope to make things look more professional some time soon. 

And the last news from my little workshop- yesterday I finished another cat pendant, made specially for my friend. It's hand formed of fine and sterling silver, lightly oxidized and polished. Hope she'll like it!

This rather unexpected inspiration came from those pictures I made some time ago:

The pendant is made of fine and sterling silver and is adorned with tiny garnets. It is oxidized on very unusual, sandy brown color, and partially polished.

Small openwork pendant showing two pleached mallorn trees. Made by hand of fine silver, sterling silver and golden labradorite.

Lothlórien - the Golden Wood - has always been my favourite elven realm and this is certainly not the last piece inspired by this wonderful, dreamy place :)

This piece was inspired by the beauty of nature as well as by J.R.R. Tolkien's prose. I wanted it to have an elven feel, and to show the atmosphere of the forest glad (or path?) lighted by moonlight.

The pendant was made totally by hand of fine silver, sterling silver and moonstone. It's oxidized and polished. And I'm quite proud I managed to make a small triquetra symbol out of the trees' roots ;)

Finally, I tried to do something more "advanced" :) This pendant was inspired by the stone- wonderful labradorite that flashes green, blue and lightly red colors. I saw the two opposite elements in it- water and fire- and I wanted to create a piece with simple, but not too literal symbols of both of them. I decided to make a tear-shape, two-layered and a bit open work base and to adorn it with three swirls on each side. Depends on the color which dominates at the moment, it can be seen as a water drop with waves/seaweed, or as the candle flame with smoke.

Well, I just love cats ;) I also wanted to try engraving bark texture on a small branch before I'll make my first tree, so I spontaneously drew this simple project and decided to make it real. The greatest challenge was this small stone setting :) The moon is made of little blue labradorite. The pendant is oxidized and has a matte finish.