Pendant by Sam Patania
This is one of my box form pendants. I made this in 18K gold and set it with tourmaline cabs I got from Jeff Graham, www.cabbers.com and www.faceters.com. Jeff’s specialty is tourmaline. I set one of his green tourmalines in the 18K white gold bracelet that the Smithsonian took. Living in Tucson has it’s advantages. Tucson is a gem capital of the world, not the only one by any means but, every year the Tucson Gem Show brings the world to us.
Jeff had this lot of tourmaline cabs which had every color tourmaline comes in. I had to buy it from him, I have just a little bit left in green, pink, red and gold colors. All the pieces I have made with this material is in 18K gold. These wonderful colors are well supported by the rich 18K.
The Arizona Inn wanted a gold pendant on a gold collar so I picked this set of reds and went to work. I love the box form, it is a striking frame for any cut of stone. It is a hollow box I constructed from sheet gold then set the stones on top. It is a very simple construction which I suspend from a bail with the same basic length to width ratio of the box.
I photographed this on a silver collar because at the time I didn’t have a gold one. The Arizona Inn sold piece.
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