Amorphic Tourmalines and Hollow Form Bead Necklace

Normally when I design, I sprawl out on the floor with all of my materials and just start combining. Usually, it is the color combinations of the stones that inspire me. This amorphic tourmaline necklace was a different case. When I was in College studying jewelry design, I had a class called hollow form jewelry. I spent a lot of time making hollow beads. They are labor intensive to say the least. When I saw these wonderfully amorphic hollow form silver beads, I got a flash in my head to use them with these tourmalines that mimic their shape. These tourmalines are large and colorful. Most of the interest is in the front of the necklace. The back has a pretty pattern of round tourmalines and silver flowers. It is an unusual design and keeps the necklace from being too heavy. It is strung to 18 inches in length on a durable wire with a soldered spring ring clasp.

$595.