Description

Blackberry Necklace featuring my realistic hand blown glass blackberry and leaf, plus some pressed glass blossoms for a pop of spring color. All are suspended on sliding rings from an adjustable-length chain in your choice of sterling silver or 14/20 gold-filled. The blackberry is a bit less than 3/4 inch high (about 17mm). You may wear this necklace at any length you please by fastening the lobster into and large link of the chain. The free end of the chain is decorated with another matching green glass leaf. Your jewelry will be carefully packed with biodegradable plant fiber inside a 100% recycled paper gift box with a stretch bow.

Blackberries remind us of good times. This necklace will gather comments and compliments wherever you go! It is elegant enough to add a splash of color to your work ensemble, but will look just as great with casual clothes. Also makes a great gift for the gourmet cook, foodie or gardener in your life.

Multiple Items:
If you order several items from my Shop, they will be packed inside the same gift box to avoid waste. If you are ordering gifts for multiple persons and you do need separate gift boxes, please let me know in the Notes section of your order in the Shopping Cart.

About Shipping:
If you need your order sooner than the predicted delivery date, you can purchase a shipping upgrade to a faster speed of USPS during the checkout process. Or if you want more certainty, you can Message me to talk about UPS 2nd Day and Next Day Air options, which I can do for you by special order. A signature will be required for orders valued over $500. If it’s inconvenient to sign for packages at your home address, during checkout you can provide the address of another place where someone will be available to sign – perhaps at your work or the home of a trusted friend.

The Nature of Mother Nature
Almost nothing in nature is completely round, smooth or even, so I avoid making my glass fruit and leaves too perfectly. I put on little splotches and speckles, make them a tidbit lopsided, and add other small imperfections so that each berry or leaf is unique. This makes them look much more real.

Process and Materials:
I make each of these blackberries by melting colored glass rods in the flame of a torch. Using gravity, surface tension and simple tools, I build the shape one cell at a time. Like most real blackberries, the glass blackberry bead on your necklace will have a few red cells. Because each berry and leaf is melted by hand, no to are exactly alike. I don’t use paint, so the color will never fade or rub off.

Sustainability:
The packaging for your order has been reduced as much as possible while still preventing glass breakage. Everything that’s left is made from recycled, sustainable or repurposed materials. Brown packing tape can be recycled right along with the cardboard boxes and paper inserts or filler. The organic Kapok fiber padding inside your gift box will biodegrade, but not fast enough for curbside composting. Please put that in your regular trash. Even the red stretch ribbon on your gift box (which also goes in regular trash) was bought at a second-hand shop and repurposed! 🙂

Photography:
The photos above represent the glass fruit necklaces I make in this style. The necklace you receive will be similar to, but not exactly the same as, the one shown above. There will be some minor variations in the shape, size and color patterns of each berry.

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