This gem stone is also linked with the star sign Aquarius. Jan 20 - Feb 20.
Amethyst and it's purple hues have been linked to royalty for many years. Purple is also seen as a passionate colour that evokes the emotions and also makes a statement about it's wearers unique taste.
The stone history: The story of the origin of amethyst comes from a Greek legend. The god of wine, Bacchus, was insulted one day by a mere mortal. He swore the next mortal that crossed his path, would be attacked by his fierce tigers. Along came a beautiful maiden named Amethyst. Goddess Diana turned Amethyst in a beautiful statue of quartz to save her from the tigers claws. Remorseful Bacchus wept tears of wine over the stone maiden, creating a lively purple stone. Stone history
Amethyst is also said to hold talisman qualities such as a protection from drunkenness, and psychic attack, transmuting the energy into love and protecting the wearer from all kinds of harm. Amethyst is a natural tranquiliser, it relieves stress and strain, soothes irritability, balances mood swings, dispels anger, rage, fear and anxiety. Amethyst activates spiritual awareness, It has strong healing and cleansing powers It is also stated that it calms and stimulates the mind, helping you to become more focused, enhancing memory and improving motivation. Amethyst also encourages selflessness
It's also claimed to boost hormone production cleanse the blood and strengthens the immune system.
Main countries of origin: Brazil, East Africa, India and Sri Lanka.
Now with that build up it's on to my latest project. I really like the colour hues that Amethyst comes in although purple is not a colour I very often wear. I wanted to do Amethyst chips some justice being the main focal point of my project. Amethyst chips I found to be quite affordable although the larger the beads the raise in price and if like me cost is important, then you more than likely expect quantity to match the cost. I also used purple resin beads in my project to cut cost and metal beads for effect.
Photos of the working out process. I used hair pins and large and medium sized jump rings to connect the beads.
My main tools where my flat nosed pliers, round nose pliers and some wire cutters.
Photo's of the finished products
Necklace
Earrings and.......
Bracelet
As you can tell I used what seems like a lot of amethyst but as stated above I used Amethyst chips as the focal point of the necklace. I think the neutral coloured beads along with the silver give it a bit of glitz. The earrings are just large Amethyst beads on fish hook ear findings. I was a bit worried about the weight these large beads would put on the ears and so chose not to add any other beads.
The bracelet again is made up of Amethyst chips strung on wire, with a lobster clasp to finish.
I intend to do more projects like this one at a later date and with more details. So don't worry if this project went a bit over your head, I will cover lots of other projects in greater detail.
If however this project really caught your eye and you require further information please email me or leave your comments about this post and I will reply ASAP .
Until next time happy creating
Natty.
