Submerged Forest Jewelry cats rippled texture

rippled texture

Andean quartz crystal nestles in a basket of hand-crocheted Chilean copper mesh in this necklace by Chilean designer Chantal Bernsau

and the tiny blue kingfisher

on the northern Adriatic coast

geometric jali architecture common in Hindu temples

Submerged Forest Jewelry cats rippled textureChilean artist Vania Ruiz uses seaweed and seedsembedded in resin and framed in sterling silverto evoke the volcanic rock and submerged trees of the Dead Forest around Chiles Hudson Volcano. Her haunting, one of a kind micro landscapes are pieces of wearable art that honor natures powers of rebirth and renewal. Earrings feature 22k gold painted accents.