Necklaces

Some shapes don't need explaining - they've been with us too long for that. I made this piece for the people who feel something when they see a spiral, even if they can't say exactly what. The pendant is formed from a single continuous strip of copper, coiled by hand from the center outward, the same way this symbol has been shaped for thousands of years.

Copper worn close to the chest - against the heart - is something people have done across every civilization I've ever read about, and the ones who come back to me say they stopped noticing what they used to notice. 

This is one of the last necklaces I'll make before I close my workshop for good. I hope it finds the neck that needs it.

There’s a quality to the light just before the day settles soft, suspended, everything held in a quiet, warm blur. This piece carries that feeling. I reach for it when I want something close to the body that doesn’t announce itself, just rests there.

Each link in this chain is set by hand smooth copper alternating with a finer mesh-textured link. The contrast is subtle, only visible up close, the way most good things are. The whole piece moves as one when worn, like it was always there.

Copper worn close to the skin is something people have come back to for a long time across centuries, across cultures. I don’t claim to know exactly why. I just know the people who wear it tend to keep wearing it.

This one’s for whoever it finds.

Material: 99.9% pure copper
Size: 530 × 7 × 3 mm

There’s a steadiness to cedar the way it holds its ground through every season. That’s what I thought of when I was forming this piece, link by link, each one pressed and fitted by hand until the whole thing moved like something alive.

The chain is built from interlocking X-links, each one shaped and set individually, so it drapes with a weight that feels intentional against the skin. Forty years of working copper taught me that the best pieces don’t announce themselves they settle in.

People who wear copper close to the body at the throat, against the chest often tell me something shifts. I don’t make promises about that. I just know copper has been worn this way for a very long time.

This one is for the person who wants something real resting at their collarbone. Not decorative. Grounded.

Material: 99.9% Pure Copper
Size: 530 × 7 × 3 mm

There’s something about a piece that sits close to the chest it settles there like it was always meant to. I made the Briar with that in mind: a necklace that carries its weight quietly, the way old things do.

Every heart-shaped link was formed and connected by hand, one by one, until the whole piece found its rhythm. That kind of work takes time, and I’ve never found a way to rush it.

Copper worn near the body is one of the oldest things a person can do for themselves. People have come back to it for thousands of years, and the ones who wear it daily rarely want to stop.

I hope this one finds someone who keeps it close.

Material: 99.9% Pure Copper
Size: 530 × 8 × 3 mm