These gathering of posts will include the close to 30 items of adornment that I created this summer from the stones that I’ve drilled, many of which I’ve found, and beads that have been collected over the years. they will appear here in the order in which they were created.

Each piece tells the story and carries its own magic. Eons of history, bound into delicate forms to carry and help us remember.

This first piece is a knot-work vessel constructed of pink tourmaline and a raw crystal of Amazonite. The beads joining this piece are gradations of Amazon night and its matrix stones. At the back is a pull-tie closure.

Detail of A luminous, pink tourmaline, soft turquoise amazonite stone And knotwork Basket necklace With beads of grated blue to white to brown amazonite Against a white painted cordwood wall
Tourmaline and Amazonite stone vessel by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of A luminous, pink tourmaline, soft turquoise amazonite stone And knotwork Basket necklace With beads of grated blue to white to brown amazonite Against a white painted cordwood wall
Tourmaline and Amazonite stone vessel by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of A luminous, pink tourmaline, soft turquoise amazonite stone And knotwork Basket necklace With beads of grated blue to white to brown amazonite Against a white painted cordwood wall
Tourmaline and Amazonite stone vessel by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of A luminous, pink tourmaline, soft turquoise amazonite stone And knotwork Basket necklace With beads of grated blue to white to brown amazonite Against a white painted cordwood wall
Tourmaline and Amazonite stone vessel by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of A luminous, pink tourmaline, soft turquoise amazonite stone And knotwork Basket necklace With beads of grated blue to white to brown amazonite Against a white painted cordwood wall
Tourmaline and Amazonite stone vessel by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of A luminous, pink tourmaline, soft turquoise amazonite stone And knotwork Basket necklace With beads of grated blue to white to brown amazonite Against a white painted cordwood wall
Tourmaline and Amazonite stone vessel by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of A luminous, pink tourmaline, soft turquoise amazonite stone And knotwork Basket necklace With beads of grated blue to white to brown amazonite Against a white painted cordwood wall
Tourmaline and Amazonite stone vessel by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of A luminous, pink tourmaline, soft turquoise amazonite stone And knotwork Basket necklace With beads of grated blue to white to brown amazonite Against a white painted cordwood wall
Tourmaline and Amazonite stone vessel by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of A luminous, pink tourmaline, soft turquoise amazonite stone And knotwork Basket necklace With beads of grated blue to white to brown amazonite Against a white painted cordwood wall
Tourmaline and Amazonite stone vessel by Jeannie Ortiz

At the heart of this piece is a beautiful point of resonant Lemurian quartz. From it grow beads of rutile quartz, Madagascar agate and strawberry agate. At the back is extensive knotwork and a pull-tie closure so that it is adjustable in length.

A woman wears a necklace of A necklace of clear quartz point with beads of deep hues of red ocre and soft pink
Resonant Lemurian quartz point, Madagascar, agate and strawberry agate necklace with knotwork back.
A woman wears a necklace of A necklace of clear quartz point with beads of deep hues of red ocre and soft pink
Resonant Lemurian quartz point, Madagascar, agate and strawberry agate necklace with knotwork back.
A necklace of clear quartz point with beads of deep hues of red ocre and soft pink hang against a white cordwood wall
Resonant Lemurian quartz point, Madagascar, agate and strawberry agate necklace with knotwork back.
A necklace of clear quartz point with beads of deep hues of red ocre and soft pink hang against a white cordwood wall
Resonant Lemurian quartz point, Madagascar, agate and strawberry agate necklace with knotwork back.
A necklace of clear quartz point with beads of deep hues of red ocre and soft pink hang against a white cordwood wall
Resonant Lemurian quartz point, Madagascar, agate and strawberry agate necklace with knotwork back.
A necklace of clear quartz point with beads of deep hues of red ocre and soft pink hang against a white cordwood wall
Resonant Lemurian quartz point, Madagascar, agate and strawberry agate necklace with knotwork back.
A necklace of clear quartz point with beads of deep hues of red ocre and soft pink hang against a white cordwood wall
Resonant Lemurian quartz point, Madagascar, agate and strawberry agate necklace with knotwork back.
A necklace of clear quartz point with beads of deep hues of red ocre and soft pink hang against a white cordwood wall
Resonant Lemurian quartz point, Madagascar, agate and strawberry agate necklace with knotwork back.
A necklace of clear quartz point with beads of deep hues of red ocre and soft pink hang against a white cordwood wall
Resonant Lemurian quartz point, Madagascar, agate and strawberry agate necklace with knotwork back.
A necklace of clear quartz point with beads of deep hues of red ocre and soft pink hang against a white cordwood wall
Resonant Lemurian quartz point, Madagascar, agate and strawberry agate necklace with knotwork back.
A necklace of clear quartz point with beads of deep hues of red ocre and soft pink hang against a white cordwood wall
Resonant Lemurian quartz point, Madagascar, agate and strawberry agate necklace with knotwork back.