The ivy is made of copper, raised, chased, and patinaed.

Some fine gold foil is added and gold color lacquer is filled in the trench of the veins.

The arabesque pattern around the leaves is sawed out by hand.

Sterling silver is patinaed by los and polished.

The diameter of the pendant is 54mm.

The cord is decorated with beads of tiger eye, crystal, green agate, and sterling.

The cord length is adjustable from 44cm to 72cm sliding the knots.

Total weight is 38.4g.

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Background Story

Ivy is a common motif in Japanese traditional metal works.

And I see many colonies of ivy, cultured or wild, around my house.

Therefore it’s a close motif for me personally, too.

I used two patina techniques here.

One is Japanese patina technique called Iroage, that makes copper brown.

The other is los patina that makes sterling black.

The combination of brown and black, I hope, makes the piece look like an old one that has been inherited for long time.

I didn’t apply a chane for this piece. Instead of it I applied a piece of cord and some beads so that it could have a kind of mood somehow oriental.