Leader of Men

summer surf

Aquamarine, pineapple quartz, sterling silver. In terrain.

apocalypse ring

I made this on a whim, for those pessimistic days.

wealh

The word "walnut" comes from the Old English world wealhhnut, which literally means "foreign nut", and was called so as the tree was introduced from Gaul and Italy. Its plural, wealas, is the ancestor of the word Wales, meaning "foreigner", and the derived adjective, waelisc or welisc, means Welsh.

The vintage wood beads I used in this piece are not actually made of walnut, but rosewood. However, their unusual shape made me instantly think of the nut. Since I have Welsh ancestry, I was even more pleased to discover the double meaning of the name. I have only a handful of these unusual and rare beads, so I paired half of them with pale blue aquamarine, and this is definitely one of my favourite pieces.