The Windcharm necklace only formed in my mind, whilst I was actually making the Windcharm earrings. The bottom half of the pendant matches its sister earrings: with pretty cascades of green, blue and clear seed beads, threaded on silver headpins so they fall in a cascade from a sterling silver V. At the top half of the pendant, once the delicate 1.6mm x 1.2mm chain is threaded through the 2mm diameter silver tube, it reaches up to either side of the necklace, rather than forming a diamond shape (like it does with the earrings). I really enjoy this small point of variation between the two Windcharm designs, and the unusual shape it gives the piece. Rather than following a more regular pendant-type design, it gives a sense of space and air: when you are wearing the necklace, the eye of the beholder flows from the neck, all the way down the pretty chain, to the very bottom of the final bead drop. There are nine cascades of silver-lined seed beads, falling from the bottom of the V, which is formed in sterling ecosilver. When choosing the colours, I was thinking about how sunshine reflects on water after a storm, how everything is left dripping and beautiful and also how a peacock’s tail starts intense in the centre and splays out into more gentle gradients. I can vary the length of the necklace chain to suit your requirements, but if you would like a different length from the standard detailed here, please state this in the comments accompanying your order, or send me an email. There is further information in the dropdown section ‘Chain lengths and ring sizes’, below. The detail The silver V on this design is 2.3cm long and 1mm thick, with the tube sections extending width ways to 2mm and length ways to around 6mm. The cascades of beads are approximately 2.4cm long (including top loop and bottom ball of the headpin). The chain section which link the tubing at the top of the V to the small jump rings attaching to the chain, is 3cm long. These measurements together, equate to the ‘pendant section’ of the necklace totaling around 7cm. The standard sterling silver necklace chain is 45cm/17.7", extending the overall necklace length from the back of your neck to bottom of the pendant to 29cm/11.4". From the clasp end to the catch it measures 51cm/20" The necklace chain is finished with a 9mm lobster clasp and 4mm round catch, both in sterling silver.
