Jane Thornley

For me, colour and texture rule and most of the inspiration feeding my imagination comes from the natural world. I see knitting as art, as viable as any other, and no matter what the tool or preferred palette, in human hands, magic happens.

Jane

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Jewelry

Jewelry has long been a passion. I love the feel of a beautiful stone, the soft glint of metal, the color and texture of natural elements married on a strand. I also believe that stones have special powers, sometimes endowed by a love an individual may feel towards a special piece and sometimes encapsulated in the stone itself.

Wherever I travel, I forage for lovely elements from Baltic amber to Berber silver, each piece selected for its unique qualities. These pieces are created from the heart. They are one-ofs, never mass-produced, and can be customized by length, if desired. In rare cases, I can make similiar pieces in another metal or in different colors. Don't hesitate to ask.

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MEADOW MIST AGATE

This lovely piece of agate captures all the glory of a meadow mist. Soft green, gentle pearl tones and just the fainst touch of moauve make this so evocative of summer. Besides raku, the piece includes jasper dangles, art glass, copper and silver beads and ametyst. Hand-dyed sari silk ribbon adjusts the piece to any neck. Use newsletter code for half-price.

Price: $200.00

Quantity: (1 available)

SHADE GARDEN

A shade garden is deep and cool and green, endlessly refreshing on a warm summers day. Green may be the predominent hue but the sun shines far overhead alighting flashes of color amid the foliage. Click on the small photo to enlarge the photo. The piece is half price with my newsletter code.

My Shade Garden necklace features:

. A solid wedge ofgorgeous green turquoise touched with green, ocre, and deep brown

. A sunnshinesolid cast bronze focal by bronze artist Cristina Leonard

. Green turquoise beads

. Art glass, jasper, amber and bronze witha bronze clasp

Price: $375.00

Quantity: (1 available)

Blue Leaf Lace

A single blue raku ginko leaf hangs in elegant solitude beneath aquamarine nuggets, labradorite, art glass, abalone and lacy bronze to catch those sublime blue-green hues of the raku mingled with the misty blues of the stones. Imagine it with denim or to enliven a simple top. The necklace consists of:

. copper

.bronze

.aquamarine nuggets

.labradorite

.raku

.abalone

.pearl

.art glass

Price: $250.00

Quantity: (1 available)

DRAGON IN THE TREES

A porcelain dragonfly flitters amid the trees with art glass, amber, and bronze with pure silk hand-dyed ribbon to adjust to any size around the neck. Dragonfly charms by artist Cristina Leonard

Price: $300.00

Quantity: (1 available)

AMETHYST ABALONE

Abalone will forever be a favorite of mine. The shifting colors seem to find a kinship with almost any hue -- lilac, blue, green, pink, silver -- while flattering the skin. Here, I took a single double-side oval of abalone and strung it with art glass, amethyst , more abalone, pearls, and silver. Click on the small photo for a close up of the focal. The necklace is half price with the newsletter code and includes:

. double-faced abalone

. pearls

. amethyst

.art glass

. sterling silver beads and clasp

Price: $375.00

Quantity: (1 available)

Lapis & Amber Free-Flyer

Lapis and Amber Free-Flyer

My free-flyers are dragonflies symbolic of free-spirited creativity. This one is simple and elegant with the deep blue of lapis lazuli balanced by the deep fiery glow of amber. Besides glass and copper, art glass and enamel echo the rich blues and amber tones. A c entral porcelain pendant catches the dragonfly spirit. Hand-dyed silk ribbon makes the length adjustable. Make it yours for half price using the newsletter code.

Price: $150.00

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DEEP HEART

Deep Heart is the way I feel about these green turquoise slices. Everything green and growing, of leaf and tree, wood and growth. Slices of turquoise dangle with amber, glass, pearl and copper with a coppery toggle. It's like a walk in the woods, deep in the woods. Claim this for yourself using the April Jewelry newsletter code.

Price: $200.00

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Middle Earth

Why Middle Earth? Because the deep cerelean blue, golden browns and touches of green remind me of all things magical about our earth: the seas, skies, and sacred forests. A silk fiber bead dangles beneath a slice of blue agate along with a Peruvian opal nugget, more agate, amber, art glass and copper. This one's lariate style so the toggle is worn in front. Gorgeous for all lovers of blue touched with earthy wonder. Make it yours at half price using the newsletter code.

Price: $270.00

Quantity: (1 available)

Fiesta Del Sol

Fiesta del Sol

This necklace captures all things Santa Fe -- the colors, the landscape, the Spanish American and Native American culture, the sunshine and its artistic spirit. Here I've placed some of the choicest pieces of art glass captured by artisans including landscape beads , whimsical fruit glass beads rich in detail, a stunning bell glass dangle underwhich flows more glory. Amber, raku, more art glass, real New Mexican turquoise, a coral carved bird heishi and a fabulous handc ast bronze toggle by artist Cristina Leonard completes the festivities. Claim it for half price before it goes to market!

Price: $300.00

Quantity: (1 available)

Butterfly Green

Butterfly Green

Butterfly Green, an ode to spring, flitters into view with a porcelain central hand-painted butterfly accompanied by agate, aquamarine slices and several pieces of art glass to catch the soft minty greens and golden browns. Copper accents and a silk ribbon tie that adjusts to any neck size completes the circle. A lovely accent toany assemble. Retail price shown. Claim it for half price before I take it to market with your newsletter discount code.

Price: $200.00

Quantity: (1 available)

The Miracle of Trees

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The Miracle of trees: shade, wood, nuts and fruit, a home for birds and creatures, and so much more. Here is my ode to trees with a piece of forest jasper below an orb of hand-made green glass along with agate, amber, jasper, pearls and hand-made enamel discs with brass and copper.

Price: $170.00

Quantity: (1 available)

FOREST Sunbeam

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Walk in the deep woods on a clear day and sudden, warming, sunbeams will penetrate the canopy and warm green to golds. Here, a stunning piece of jasper with natural green, grey and yellow bands hangs beneath a ring of jasper, genuine rare yellow amber, glass, tiger eye, and bronze with a dangle of hand-blown art glass dangling from the jasper. The lobster claw bronze clasp is adjustable.

Price: $150.00

Quantity: (1 available)

Neptune’s Tribe

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I found this rectangle shimmering in a shop and immediately recalled my New Mexican turquoise pendants, this one which happened to pick up all the color nuances of the abalone's surface. Strung with more turquoise, more abalone, copper, brass and art glass, the overall effect is a bit like Neptune gone tribal. It picks up nearly every color.

Price: $100.00

Quantity: (1 available)

AMBER GLOW

Forest Glow

Sunlight melting through a leafy canopy will capture the luminousity of deep-hearted amber. In this necklace an agate drop braced in hammered copper hangs between two rare nuggets of Baltic amber, deep, rich and lit within. Yurquoise, amber and pearl complete the circle with a silk tie that adjusts to any preference.

Price: $150.00

Quantity: (1 available)

Heart of the Voyager

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The Heart of the Voyager is restless, wants to go treking across the world's terrain, see Antartica, meet the peoples of the north, sail the seven seas. The Heart of the Voyager brims with wanderlust and rarely quiets at the hearth.

This necklace is for you, my wanderer. A slice of caramel agate hangs like a talisman beneath a silver and bone Thai amulet. Above the jasper disc, a circle including Indonesian silver beads meets traveling companions in carved Zuni fetish whales, turquoise, jasper and amber. Let them be your friends. They're waiting.

Price: $200.00

Quantity: (1 available)

Spring Leaf

Pretty, delicate, are the words I'd describe the overall effect of Summer Leaf. Silver dangles of pearl, citrine and amber cluster around a jasper leaf, elements echoed along the strand amid amber, citrine, jasper, pearl, silver and crystal. A stray beam of light will cause flickers of luminescence. The clasp is sterling silver with freshwater pearl. 17" long

Price: $155.00

Quantity: (1 available)

Jungle Dance

A child of the jungle at heart, I often imagine the rich, luxurious growth of a jungle, the natural patterning of nature in the raw.

Here's my ode to the jungle: very green, a little tribal, and yet so wearable for any nature girl. A hand-made in Kenya pottery bead dangles a green aquamarine with bands of bronze and copper. Along the 'vine' run hand-made glass wedges, extensions that look much like tree bark and branch, ocean jasper, and seed pods. Despite the touch of grrr, it hangs with suprizing delicacy against the neck, no doubt due to the aquamarine's gentle influence. 17 inches long.

Price: $195.00

Quantity: (1 available)

Deep Forest

A single leaf-viened agate hangs suspended from a vine of hand-blown glass 'bamboo' beads, freshwater pearls, glass amonites, butter amber, venetian glass and beautiful natural gold and green agates I found in Italy which, in turn, are capped by little acorn-top beads. A raw garnet, onyx, and tiny chips of aventurine complete the circle. The clasp is brass. I kept this piece for a long time just to look at but the time has come for it to find a home. 17 inches in length.

Price: $185.00

Quantity: (1 available)

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Recent Comments

Recent Comments love it. Another stunner. I can think of many dragon color ranges from my boys pokemon card collecting days! Blues eyes White Dragon was everyone's favorite.

By janice on 2012 03 05
From the entry 'THe Dragonista free-range scarf!'.