This necklace is strung up with graduated antique round beads combined with 18 k gold spacers. The dark green of bloodstone is spotted with red, due to the presence of iron oxides. It is widely used in decorative carvings and Roman cameos. In the Middle Ages bloodstones was believed to have special powers, as the red spots were thought to be the blood of Christ. 

This is a rare an unusual antique gold (16 -18k) pendant simulating tiger's claw. It is decorated with wire work and granular gold balls wrapped around the interior which is made of wood. The stained-gold (orange) is characteristic of Indonesian jewellery. Tiger-claw amulets derived from India and are considered to be very potent. They are believed to impart to the wearer the prodigious qualities of the animal. The necklace consist of three rows of hand-cut contemporary turquoise beads and are separated into sections by four Hindu Javanese gold tubes (200-700AD). The closure is made of 18k gold clasp.

This necklace is composed of thirty two oblate-shaped Indo-Pacific blue glass beads interspersed with four star-shaped silver gilded beads from Sumatra, Indonesia. These beads found in Jawa were produced in India and Southeast-Asia since 250BC-1300AD. The necklace is terminated with a bead and loop closure.

Chevron beads has been more popular than any other beads. First invented by the Venetians in the 16th century, these beads are still in production today. The Dutch also manufactured chevron beads throughout the 17th century.

Chevrons are drawn-glass bead formed by forcing or blowing multiple-layered glass into a tapered corrugated mold, hence creating points on its outer surface. This process is then repeated by covering more glass layers of various colors. Finally stripes are applied to the surface and while the glass is still soft, it is then drawn into a cane of six feet long, cooled and finally sectioned into beads. They are then ground to produce a more finished product.

This necklace terminates with a bead and loop closure.

This is a Tibetan Buddhist rosary comprising 108 bodhi beads made from the seeds of ( Ficus religiosa) , a sacred tree of the followers. It is divided into sections of amber, coral and turquoise beads. Although the number, arrangement and materials of prayer beads are different from each religion, symbolic associations are linked with flowers, gardens and prayer beads. In Tibet and India, the Sanskrit word japamala means " rose chaplet, " assuming that the beads were made from rolled petals of rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus).

During the Roman period rose flower was symbolic of beauty and perfection. " Rosary " is derived from rosarium " rose garden."

 They are 150 beads in a Roman Catholic rosary. The muslim rosary has 99 beads.

I strung together a necklace of tourmaline, pearls, labradorite and carnelian over time, each bead wired with my anxiety and hope for how it would turn out. The 24 equal segments were joined on two lines into a wide band, finished with two antique Rajasthani silver triangles.

Length: 38cm

Two lines of tiger's eye necklace with antique silver spacers.

Length: 41cm

I strung this necklace with strong nylon thread for durability.The sterling silver spacers hallmarked at 92.5% purity are handcrafted in Kathmandu, Nepal and beautifully inlaid with coral and turquoise.

Length; 42cm

A supple single strand of fresh water black pearl threaded with silver spacers and beads on sturdy steel wire.

Length: 41cm

Two supple lines of smokey quartz beads, the upper of tiny emerald beads, both laced with18 carat gold spacers and a delicate gold clasp between them.

Length: 42cm

Three rows of old mediterranean coral, sun bleached and smooth, woven with fresh lapis lazuli beads, all dotted through with silver and brass spacers that warm the palm. Held firm on sturdy nylon thread, ends tucked into a quiet button-loop clasp.

Length: 42cm

Six silken strands of coral, warmed by garnet drops and eighteen carat gold. At the centre, a single pendant, faithful echo of antique Uzbek craft gleams with turquoise inlay like a little turquoise sky caught in memory.

Length: 44cm

Five gentle rows of hand blown glass. Each bead a different hue, shape, memory and forgotten years. Worn soft now by time, they rest cool against the skin. Two gold spacers catch the eye: simple, designed by me, in solid eighteen carat gold.

Length: 41cm

Fifteen silken strands of old European glass beads from the seventeen hundreds that journeyed from distant kilns into the hills of Nagaland, India.I restrung them from a broken Naga headpiece.

Length: 42cm

An antique Rajasthani gold pendant depicting Shiva hangs from six fresh strands of hand-rolled malachite and sun faded orange beads older than memory. The orange beads, the green malachite, the aged gold, just look like soil colors, simple, solid, real.

Length: 48cm

I gave this old anklet a new life as a necklace by threading silver beads onto the ends so it sits smooth on the collarbone. No one would ever know its ankle side past.

Diameter: 43cm

This necklace is threaded with multi color glass beads, semi precious stones and eleven tiny Tuareg motifs gold pieces of 18 carat gold. The clasp is also made from eighteen carat gold. Tuaregs are haughty camel herders who are also known as 'Blue men of the desert'. Their reputation derived from the veils and robes of deep indigo cloth they are wearing. Desert indigo being costly indicates wealth. The dyes are beaten and not soaked into the cloth due to scarcity of water.The dye easily rubs off and permeates the skin.

Their camels are used in their trans-Saharan caravans transporting goods to the mediterranean, Europe and Arabia.

Diameter: 43 cm

Two rows of tiger's eye necklace. The silver pendant is from the Central Asia.

Diameter: 43cm

Five-rows neck piece of tiny hand-cut lapis lazuli, turquoise, malachite and serpentine bead plus minute brass spacers, reconstructed around an antique Naga brass pendant showing 3 heads linked to head-hunting days.

Diameter: 54cm

A strand of spindle bone whorls, pierced with circles and squares clink softly when you move. Each one's a tiny loom. Drop it on a stick, let the wool twist into rope, pull up, repeat. So even here, round your neck, they are still working.

Diameter: 1-3 cm per whorl

Length: 68cm

A string of bone whorls with punched circular and geometric patterns.These beadlike tools are used for spinning wool into thread. They fit over a hand held spindle that spins the thread into a bundle.

Diameter: 1-3 cm per whorl

Length: 62 cm

A string of bone whorls with punched circular and geometric patterns.These beadlike tools are used for spinning wool into thread. They fit over a hand held spindle that spins the thread into a bundle.

Diameter: 1-3 cm per whorl

Length: 60 cm

A string of bone whorls with punched circular and geometric patterns.These beadlike tools are used for spinning wool into thread. They fit over a hand held spindle that spins the thread into a bundle.

Diameter: 1-3 cm per whorl

Length: 52cm

Spindle whorl that is made of shapely stone. A spindle is created by inserting a dowel rod through a spindle hole. Raw fibers of plants or animals 'wool' are attached to the spindle that is made to rotate in either direction as it collects thread on top of the whorl. This ancient technique is created before the year 1200 AD.

Diameter: 1.5-3 cm per whorl

Length: 64 cm