the riverbed collection

Sold out...thank you!!

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If you've been following me this year, you'll know that I've created this design to honor my brother, who passed, earlier this year. This design came about because I couldn't stop thinking about rocks... and rivers. The rocky creek on our place runs fast and deep in the spring. Our house, a farmhouse built in 1900, sits on a property that was the old riverbed...the land is full of river rocks. My brother was the best fisherman I know. He spent many, many happy hours fishing the rivers of Oregon and Wyoming, as well as the Oregon coast. These pieces were created in the process of seeking peace, in a world where it sometimes seems there is little.

 

Each piece is imbued with prayer, peaceful intention and healing.

This is the second small batch of these…carefully crafted in all sterling and gemstones. I’ve loaded this batch with tons of gems in greens and blues, representative of heaven and earth, water and sky, spirit and wind. The embellishments are symbolic of coastal starfish, raindrops and stars in a deep night sky. These are a little smaller scale than the first batch, each one with its tiny Chinook salmon, and my maker's mark, on the back. Completely hand built, in my studio in the heart of the west.

 

I will miss seeing his face and hearing his voice and knowing he was always close to me. He has crossed a river from me that I must wait to cross before I see him again. When I see a river I will think of him.

Terry Kay