Cutting the Thread. Moonstone Necklace by Blood Milk

Life cast bat bones were manipulated to cradle a trillion cut gemstone. Cast in sterling silver silver, each pendant is oxidized to achieve our signature shade of stormy gray and the hand finished to reveal this shining highlights beneath.

Bats and their cast wing and leg bones have long been a component I've used in my visual library as a way of creating a personal visual language. As nocturnal creatures, I feel a kinship with their natural predilection for the night time hours, but I'm also interested in how they use sonar to 'see', how as a metaphor bats as liminal creatures also remind us to look closer with our other senses, a way of 'seeing the unseen.' It's my hope and intention that pairing them with other chthonic imagery and myth further adds to the visual meaning I'm aiming for, creating a collage of personal ideas while also tethering these physical jeweled objects to the spirit of the bat ( and other natural objects in the case of other jewels in my collection ) and to the spirit of the myths I'm invoking.

Details:

- Solid sterling silver

- 20mm at it's widest

- 11mm hand cut trillion stone

- Shown on Miguel at 20 inches

Moonstone:

Moonstone is closely tied to the moon, with some cultures believing the stone is solidified moon rays, while others think of them as embodiments of the moon's tears. Acting as a kind of Psychic armor, it is thought to protect its wearer from not only dark nights, but dark times; it helps sooth grief, loss, and other emotional turbulence.

Moonstone is known for its powerful psychic abilities. Used to protect empaths & sensitives from absorbing other people's emotions, it is also is known to be used during meditation for connecting to ones inner selves. As a romantic stone, it is known to strengthen the bonds between lovers when given as gifts, especially during the full moon.

As they are entirely natural, earth made stones, color and clarity will vary from stone to stone. Moonstone often has a milky appearance and natural inclusions that appear as lines or inner 'cracks.' The flash will contain shades of blue, violet or teal, and occasionally hints of gold.

These jewels are hand cut and therefore may have very slight differences in size and may have small signs of the carver's hands along the edges. These are not fabricated by a machine, they are made by hand and therefore aren't uniformly perfect. The photographs accurately portray the quality of the stones and the cuts.