Dilly's artistic passions have always been piqued by pearls. During her over 35-year career, she has expended creativity, effort, and expertise into rebranding the image of pearls, an undertaking at which she has succeeded. Elizabeth Blair Fine Pearls of Harbor Springs has featured one-of-a-kind award-winning pieces of jewelry since 2007, pieces that are works of art in their own right. Dilly brings unique, lustrous pearls to life with motifs from nature - bees, flowers, fruit, butterflies, and birds - created from gold and precious gems.

For The Magic of Water, the 2019 Dart for Art featured piece, Dilly integrated nature with mythology. Deep green chrysoprase frogs with gold settings and clasps complement pearls and aquamarine stones, each element exuding its own unique beauty, while expressing connections to water, love, and creativity. Pearls are associated with Venus, the goddess of love, as both are born of the water; according to Roman legend, aquamarine blesses the wearer with love and protects sailors from stormy seas; frogs, like pearls, grow in water, transforming from eggs to tadpoles to adults, which symbolizes the maturing of one's creativity.

Dilly's aptly titled mini-collection celebrates its deep connections to water with its exquisite, hand-selected materials. Let the pearls and gems tell you the story of their magical qualities - this is The Magic of Water.

Thanks to:
Elizabeth Blair Kirby, AKA Dilly
Elizabeth Blair Fine Pearls