Puzzled / 24k Gold, Silver, Opal, Labradorite, & Pearl Jewelry Puzzle
It's a puzzle, it's a jewelry box, it's wearable art, AND a one-of-a-kind art piece!! This was the most mind-boggling thing I've ever made--taking two weeks of obsessing and working hard to complete and I am SO PROUD of how it turned out. I've been mulling over the idea of making a silver puzzle for a while now, dreaming it up first as nothing but a crazy silver landscape chopped into puzzle pieces. As the idea developed, I thought, "Wouldn't it be cool if some of the puzzle pieces were wearable?" and it all just snowballed from there into a 24-piece puzzle, complete with two necklaces, a locket/box, one pair of earrings, and one adjustable ring. It was a HUGE labor of love that had me working away into many an evening but I am so happy with the result:
Layers of multi-textured, sawed, and tattered fine and sterling silver with 24k gold keum boo highlights form a wild hexagonal landscape of jagged puzzle pieces. One of the puzzle pieces, featuring a rare and valuable Lightning Ridge Black Opal, doubles as a pendant, whose chain itself is part of the puzzle--wrapping around a silver channel border before hooking onto a catch on the puzzle itself. An adjustable (US 5-8) labradorite, 24k gold, and silver ring puzzle piece slips into a box holder and a pair of matching but unique stud earrings slide into tubes of varying heights. A cylindrical locket/box acts as a home for your favorite mini photo and/or a containter for the handmde stud earring backs; the pearled lid of the locket doubles as a second pendant (chain included separately). The puzzle sits inside a walled hexagon of dark gray concrete with anti-scratch cork pad on the bottom.
Whether you love puzzles, jewelry, jewelry holders, or one-of-a-kind art pieces--I hope you love this completely avant-garde, one-of-a-kind, multifaceted, wild work of wearable art as much as I do! It is unlike anything I have ever seen!!!
SPECS
Max Puzzle Dimensions: 3.5" x 4"
Ring Size: Open and adjustable US 5- US 8 (let me know what size you are and I will set it to that size before shipping
Opal Pendant Chain Length: 18"
Pearl Pendant Chain Length: You choose
Locket Picture Size: fits roughtly 9mm photo
Contains: 19 non-jewelry puzzle pieces, 2 pendants, 2 chains, 1 locket, 1 ring, 1 pair of stud earrings, 1 pair of stud earring backs, 1 hexagonal concrete holder
WARNINGS
Keep out of reach of children. This puzzle has some sharper edges and should be handled with care. Metalhead Jewelry is not responsible for any damge or harm caused by mishandling this puzzle or any of its pieces.