Monika Wiklund

I like tigereye beads, and this is one of several necklaces I have made with tigereye. This necklace is a little bit special though, since the larger tigereye nuggets comes from a necklace that belonged to my aunt who died about a year ago. The original necklace was made entirely from tigereye nuggets, and I salvaged the beads to make new jewelry out of them. This is the first resulting necklace, and I combined the larger tigereye nuggets with some smaller faceted tigereye beads and larger lava stone beads with bead caps. I think that this photo makes it look great, and whenever I look at it I think about my aunt who I spent a lot of time with as a kid.

Photography by Kristian.