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After 25 years as a fiction writer, I started making jewelry. I live in a small apartment in Manhattan, alone, my living room taken over by boxes of Venetian beads, vintage and new, and semi-precious stones of all kinds, pearls, silver, etc. I find jewelry making meditative and immensely sataisfying. I've been selling my work for a year, to enthusiastic response....read more
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More about Margaret Diehl
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Venetian glass beads, onyx and crystal necklace
Smoky purple Venetian glass beads, vintage and contemporary (the larger beads with the leopard spots are the new ones), slim onyx ovals and Swarovski crystals combine to make a delicately feminine and mysterious necklace. You have to have a little darkness in you to wear this necklace. 16 inches, sterling silver clasp. |
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Blue glass, gold-fill, and kyanite bead bracelet
Elegant bracelet of filgreed gold-fill beads, blue and gold foil teardrops and 6mm kyanite rounds. The clasp is gold fill and the bracelet is 7 inches long. |
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Black Leopardskin jasper and pink adventurine bead Black Leopardskin Jasper and Adventurine Necklace
Stunning, unusual disks of black leopardskin jasper separataed by rosy pink adventurine rounds create a necklace that looks like a grden at night. 151/2 inches long, sterling silver clasp. |
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Amethyst and Venetian glass earrings
Luxurious 12mm (roughly 1/2 inch) rounds of amethyst, handmade silver foil Venetian glass ovals and Czech firepolish glass beads come together in a classic design. Earrings are 13/4 inches long. |
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Handmade necklace of Rainbow Flourite and Swarovski crystal
20mm ovals of rainbow flourite, 12mm rounds of blue lace agaste and sparkling black diamond Swarovski crystal are combined to make a gorgeous, feminine necklace. 17 inches long, sterling silver clasp. |
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Baroque pearl and Onyx necklace
Handmade necklace of white baroque pearls, diamond-shaped faceted black onyx beads, and spears of black onyx (some say they look like teeth). The result is a quietly elegant attention-getting necklace. 16 1/2 inches, sterling clasp. |
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Vintage Venetian Bead Necklace, Multicolor
Exquisite and rare Venetian lampwork beads from the '40's, lentil shaped, about 14mm, are matched with slim ovals of pale green adventurine 20mm, and bold red beads to make an exotic one-of-a-kind necklace. |
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Green Jasper and Russian Turquoise Necklace, $35
Lovely, speckled, sage-green jasper ovals (30mm) are complemented by black and white Russian turquoise rounds (14mm) and smaller onyx and dusky purple lapidolite rounds to make an earthy, one of a kind necklace. 17 inches, sterling clasp. |
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Leopardskin Jasper and Vintage Venetian Bead Necklace
Richly patterned Leopardskin Jasper is paired with equally bold and festive vintage Venetian beads. These rare glass beads are from the 40's; packed in a warehouse since then, never used. The Jasper and glass beads are both roughly 15mm. The necklace is 16 inches long, with a sterling toggle clasp. |
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