Josephine Heart by Sandy Martin
Posted on | February 28, 2013 | 2 Comments
Sandy Martin made this “Josephine Heart” using French lace and carnelian beads for the necklace and a hobnail heart bezel, ICE Resin®, glitter and a paper image for the pendant.
Hot wax does not stick to carnelian and so the powerful men of Rome used it in signet or seal rings to secure their letters. Napolean found a carnelian seal on an Egyptian campaign that he is said to jealously guard.
An ancient proverb states: ”No man who wore a carnelian was ever found in a collapsed house or beneath a fallen wall.”
The origins of lace are uncertain according to the UK’s Lace Guild. Simple plaited laces appeared in the late 15th century. Bobbin lace appeared by the second half of the 16th Century, and from there continued to evolve. The city first known for lace was Venice.
To learn more a bout Sandy, this necklace’s creator, click HERE.
Tags: bobbin lace > carnelian > French Lace > hobnail heart bezel > ice resin > plaited laces > Sandy Martin > signet rings > Sweet Pea Jewelry blog
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February 28th, 2013 @ 5:18 am
very nice
February 28th, 2013 @ 8:39 am
Very pretty necklace! Enjoyed learning about the history of lace too!