Hand Wire Wrapped Sand Dollar Designs

This past summer the mineral company I work with came across another new fossil, the sand dollar or Holectypus Echinoid and these little beauties come from Majunga Basin, Madagascar. They challenged me to wire wrap this dome shape fossil into a pendant. At first it was a little more than complicated, but after trying and working through different techniques, I was able to get it locked into place and wired as a pendant.  Since then I've done several different designs (see past posts) with them as a focal, however they have since become very rare to find and the reason, the Madagascar government has put a restriction on the Holectypus Echinoid, Sand Dollar fossil. 

The few I have left are quickly being bought up as the designs are listed at our online shop.

The pendant set features the sand dollar fossil wired in copper non-tarnish wire and can be removed from the ribbon cord and worn on other chains, collars or cords. 

I included a light-weight pair of swing long dangle earrings in tiny triple hoops with glass orange and yellow lined seed beads for accents.

The necklace is a premier piece, the focal is the sand dollar fossil wire wrapped in antique copper non-tarnish wire. 

I've accented it with large fancy copper beads, marbled rondelle disks of yellow calicate and faceted dark purple amethyst rondelles that are capped in fancy copper bead caps. 

For a clasp I chose a large half twisted copper t-bar toggle and matching earrings in dangle hoops using the same stones as the necklace.

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