Bar Harbor Collection

She Who Dances

Since opening my showroom in Bar Harbor, I’ve learned that sea glass jewelry is in high demand. I love the stuff, but have intentionally stayed away from it because I used to apprentice with a woman who made it her trademark. At the time, not so many designers were making jewelry with it. We live on the same island. Therefore, I kept my distance from the material for 15 years. Last fall, I went on a field trip visiting galleries on my own Island and throughout Downeast Maine. I quickly realized that there is a lot of sea glass jewelry made in all kinds of styles by many different artists now. The woman I worked with is fully established (wildly successful) and so I feel free to offer you at long last, my Bar Harbor collection.

Did you know it takes the ocean roughly 40 years to make a well-rounded piece of sea glass? Did you know that with all of the recycling we now do, the sea glass is not being replenished? So it’s ironic when you consider that this beautiful, natural bi-product of littering (lets be realistic after-all) could actually be mined out! It is getting harder and harder to find nice sea glass. All of my glass is from Maine or Prince Edward Island in Canada. Our family’s very own Katy Perry (David’s Grammie), writer extraordinaire, found these pieces.

This piece of green sea glass isn’t exactly the common bottle green as it has a tint of blue/teal. The difference is subtle and my eye is pretty keen to color. I didn’t capture the teal in this particular photo either. It is lovely. Hanging from this piece of sea glass are three rectangular boulder opal beads that dance and turn. The pendant measures 2” x ¾” including the bail and boulder opal beads. It is strung with facetted andalusite beads to 16 ¼” in length with a silver soldered spring ring clasp.

$325.

Bronze Pagoda Necklace

Jaspers in the pendant are teamed with tanzanite pebbles and fresh water cultured, color-enhanced pearls. It has a sterling spring ring clasp.

$95.

Leafy Boulder Baby

This feminine boulder opal necklace has smooth kyanite roundesl segmented between carved moonstone leaves in peach, white, and gray that match the colors in the opal. The necklace strung to 17.5 inches with small, fresh water, cultured, potato pearls. This is a special piece that nicely mixes warm and cool tones.

$265.

Funky Amber Jasper Necklace

The jasper focal bead in this piece has a spotted bronzy brown pattern. 14k gold fluted beads accent it. There is intense depth to this stone. This funky jasper necklace is strung with amber beads, white pearls and bronze freshwater, cultured, color-enhanced pearls. It is strung to 18.75” on a durable wire with a soldered sterling spring ring clasp

$165.

Green and Tan Jasper

This jasper focal bead is wonderfully natural and unique. It has a fracture in the center of the stone that I could not capture in the photo though it is easy to see in person. If you are the person that thinks a few flaws add to the beauty of a piece, then this may be the perfect piece for you. It has a chalcedony accent and is strung with citrine pebbles, amazonite, and green jasper tube beads. The length is 16” It is strung on a durable flexible wire with a sterling silver clasp.

$95.

Creamy Boulder Baby

This oval boulder opal has nice sparkly pin-fire and even has that rare magenta I love so much. The seed pearls are the tiniest ever. The boulder opal measures about 5/8 x 3/8”. This one is much prettier in person. Sterling spring ring clasp.

$195.

Opal Goddess.

A trio of opals in ocean colors comprise this 22K and 14K gold pendant. The center opal is technically a black opal, because it has the presence of manganese. The other two are boulder opals (opals still in the ironstone host rock in which it naturally grows). My initial thought on this piece was to make a series called “Trail Markers.” It morphed into a goddess instead. To accentuate the ocean colors in the pendant, I have strung emeralds which blend into aquamarines. This piece measures 19.75” long and has a lobster claw clasp.

$4900

Winter In Maine

Jasper pendant with iolite accent is about 1 ½” long. It is strung on pearls with large iolite accents and sterling snowflake and daisy bead accents.

$95.

Peridot Starbursts

These peridot starbursts are so sparkly! They are sterling silver and have chalcedony accents. They hang from sterling silver leverback earwires.

$225.

Phenomenal Sapphire Dangles

These brand new earrings are stunning! They are 18K gold and fancy Sapphires! The sapphire dangle is 1.75” and can be removed from the hoops so the hoops can be worn alone as well. The dangle has a sinuous articulation and is wicked labor-intensive. The entire drop is 2.25” with the hoop included. These are under-priced, most likely they are one-of-a-kinds as they are so hard to make.

$1900.

Mauve Tourmaline Wave Earrings

14k gold. Pretty pair with baby leverbacks. These earrings are light and dangle nicely, catching the light…

$395.

Peach Tourmaline Wave Earrings

14k gold, nice pair with old-fashioned ear wires. These earrings are light and feel good.

$395.

Marquise Watermelon Tourmaline Bracelet

Nicer stones than mine! Marquise watermelon tourmalines are separated by white seed pearls. It has a 14k gold lobster claw clasp.

$995.

WOW

Marquise cut watermelon tourmaline briolettes separated by green, color-enhanced fresh water cultured seed pearls. It has a 14k gold lobster claw clasp.

$2100.

Every year I make a “Valentine's Necklace” This heart-like bicolor gray and pink tourmaline wins the 2008 title. It is strung with labradorite briolettes and facetted pink tourmaline beads. It has an 18k gold lobster claw clasp and is 18.25 inches in length.

$625.

Mushroom

This is a handmade glass bead by Lisa Joy Sachs. She is a fantastic lamp worker and she makes these beads exclusively for me to team with my opals! The opal on the bottom is not really flashy. It is really earthy. This piece is truly an art piece of jewelry. It has a bronze freshwater, cultured pearl accent and is strung with micro facetted green and blue tourmalines, labradorites, and green citrine! The setting is 22k and 14k gold. It is a one of a kind. It is strung to 17.5 inches in length with an 18k gold lobster claw clasp.

$895.

It will be a lucky girl who gets this piece. This thick, gorgeous tricolor tourmaline (red, pink, gray) has remarkable clarity! It's a lot of carats too! It is strung on perfectly coordinating pastel sapphires with 14k and 18k accent beads and 18k gold lobster claw clasp. This piece is 16.75 inches long on a durable fiber that moves like silk but doesn't stretch, shred, or fray like silk.

$1400.

Watermelon Tourmaline Paddle Necklace

Marquise cut watermelon tourmalines on pearls. It has a sterling silver spring ring clasp.

$495.

Boulder Baby

Tiny white rice shape pearls with a fiery boulder opal pendant. The opal measures about ¾” x ¼” long. This is very delicate and pretty.

$265.

Something New

Orange, round carnelian beads peak through a handmade silver filigree basket, which sits atop a translucent pink and yellowish tourmaline barrel bead. This new pendant is strung on tiny 3mm corn-shaped pearls with round peridot accents. It is strung to 17.75 inches in length with a sterling silver spring ring clasp.

$250.

Purple Dancer

The stones in this new link design are amethyst, chrome diopside, and jasper. It is strung to 16.5” on a durable, flexible wire.

$195.

Great with Jeans

This pretty jasper necklace is great worn with blue jeans. Blue sodalite facetted roundels accent the predominantly gray beads of moonstone, labradorite and seed pearls. There are sterling silver daisies and white and black speckled smooth opal briolettes flanking the jasper, which has a cast of periwinkle to it. I really like this necklace! It is strung to 16 ¾” with a soldered spring ring clasp.

$195.

Red Link Necklace

Jasper focal beads strung mostly with garnets, pearls, carnelian and mahogany jasper beads. The link pendant is about 2” long. Sterling clasp

$195.

There Is Always Hope

Opal pendant with rare red and magenta fire. I love this stone. The setting is 22k gold bezel with 14k gold underbezel and it is signed on a pad of gold in the back. The pendant measures 1 ½” x 5/8” long. The stone measures 1 1/8” long so the bail is large enough to wear on a wider chain or perhaps as a slide.

$1800.

Subtle Bubbles

This jasper necklace is elegant, feminine, and subtle in tones. It is a conservative design with measured segments of citrine facetted beads flanked by sterling silver flowers and mauve color enhanced, fresh water, cultured corn pearls. It is strung to 19 inches in length on wire with a sterling spring ring clasp.

$145.

14k Gold Lily Pad Pin with Peach Tourmaline

The 5.8mm peach tourmaline princess cut stone in this piece has wonderful color and clarity. The pin has a hammered, brushed gold texture. The whole piece is roughly the size of a dime. It is delicate in scale and would work as a lapel pin, hat pin, collar pin or tie tack.

$295.

Black Spinel Starbursts with Jacks

These black spinel earrings are so sparkly! They would look great alone or with The Bar Harbor Collection-NEW YORK sea glass necklace. I have incorporated silver jacks into the design. These are elegant and whimsical, a unique combination…

They hang from sterling leverback earwires.

$225.

Tourmaline Stick Earrings

These earrings are green and gold tourmaline stick beads, freshwater cultured pearls and sterling silver beads. The earring is 1.5” long. They have a lever-back ear wire.

$145.

Petite Baby Boulder Dangles

This pair is 14k gold with secura-clasp ear wires. The flash is subtle but shows in the sun.

$195.

NINE PAIRS

You get these nine pairs of earrings. All are sterling silver and natural gemstones with freshwater, cultured, color-enhanced or white pearls. Each comes in its own pretty gift box! Be prepared next time you need a “hostess, last-minute or just the I love you cause’ you’re you” gift.

$225.

Square Boulder Opal Dangles

These earrings are 14k gold and boulder opals. I love the natural wave pattern in the opals. Opal pairs are very uncommon, so I feel fortunate to have found these! They have a secura-clip ear wire, which is similar to a lever-back style but actually has a clasp.

$450.

14k Briolette Wave Earrings

I love these earrings! This wave style earring is currently available in pink tourmaline, olive tourmaline, celery green tourmaline and almandine garnets that have such a high luster that they look metalic. Also, I have great matched pairs of any color tourmaline and many other stones right now if you have a hunger for these in your special color or birthstone!

$695.

Bar Harbor Collection

Bottle Green Ring

Since opening my showroom in Bar Harbor, I’ve learned that sea glass jewelry is in high demand. I love the stuff, but have intentionally stayed away from it because I used to apprentice with a woman who made it her trademark. At the time, not so many designers were making jewelry with it. We live on the same island. Therefore, I kept my distance from the material for 15 years. Last fall, I went on a field trip visiting galleries on my own Island and throughout Downeast Maine. I quickly realized that there is a lot of sea glass jewelry made in all kinds of styles by many different artists now. The woman I worked with is fully established (wildly successful) and so I feel free to offer you at long last, my Bar Harbor collection.

Did you know it takes the ocean roughly 40 years to make a well-rounded piece of sea glass? Did you know that with all of the recycling we now do, the sea glass is not being replenished? So it’s ironic when you consider that this beautiful, natural bi-product of littering (lets be realistic after-all) could actually be mined out! It is getting harder and harder to find nice sea glass. All of my glass is from Maine or Prince Edward Island in Canada. Our family’s very own Katy Perry (David’s Grammie), writer extraordinaire, found these pieces.

Sterling bottle green sea glass ring about size 7 1/4 . It has a fancy textured band.

$125.