Cattails Inspire a Jasper Pendant

August 14, 2015

Cattails

 

It happened purely by happenstance, but my dream home has two things in its landscape that I've always loved:  cattails and weeping willows.  Both take me to a more innocent time.

When I look at this Chohua Jasper I see a pond or lake back east in the Autumn.  The leaves are on fire with color and their reflection in the water creates an almost unreal setting.  The cattail may be in my imagination, but I see them in the foreground.

Autumn Pendant with Chohua Jasper and Garnet set in sterling silver

Fallen Leaf Lake

 

I have another jasper cabochon that looks very close to this one, but it doesn't have the cattails and it's larger.  I've got to wait a bit to see what I "see" in it.

 

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."  ~George Elliot