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The Book of Disquiet

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“Everything around me is evaporating. My whole life, my memories, my imagination and its contents, my personality - it's all evaporating.  I continuously feel that I was someone else, that I felt something else, that I thought something else.  What I'm attending here is a show with another set. And the show I'm attending is myself.”  ―  Fernando Pessoa ,  The Book of Disquiet Memories from another Life. Just finished this fancy pair. The focals are recycled glass african beads, wire wrapped in oxidized steel and copper, adorned with fluorites, rumanite and rubies ~ real ones, from my awesome Mom. That's it for today, have a lovely evening! See you soon! xoxo

The Ancient Beauty of Rumanite ~ Romanian Amber

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I've always loved amber and I was very happy when my wonderful Mom and my lovely Sis, who sent me a whole bunch of very old, awesome things from Romania, included the gorgeous amber chips that I have used in the ring and the pair of earrings below.  The Magic Tears of Ancient Forests And because I am always curious about everything, I decided to do a quick research on Romanian amber. Hand forged copper ring, natural patina... Romanian amber, or Rumanite, has an ancient history similar to that of Baltic Amber. It is known for its beautiful and varied colors, especially deep red and deep blue with green hues which are uncommon  natural colors for amber. Mine look like liquid sunsets in tones of orange and honey. ...two-tone Rumanite soldered on copper wire. Difficult to obtain at present, most of the Romanian amber originates from the locality of Colti . It has been recovered from two distinct geological formations: Creta...