'Moonstones and labradorite': design image detail
'Moonstones and labradorite': design image detail (part design only). Moonstones and labradorite on gold filigree on a chrysoprase, turquoise and lapis lazuli background. Entry in the Spoonflower Geodes and Gemstones Contest. Oil on canvas. © Su Schaefer 2014
See the whole design as fabric here.
Moonstones and labradorite are two of the less well known semi-precious gemstones and both have wonderful color transformations - sitting on the cusp of white-pink-blue and blue-green-gray colors (although labradorite also comes in a pink version and its chemical composition is so complex it has many other colors to offer in different circumstances). Both are really too soft to wear in everyday jewelery so I like to think that fabric would be the perfect venue for them. This is of course, a complete fantasy!
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'Moonstones and labradorite': design image detail
'Moonstones and labradorite': design image detail (part design only). Moonstones and labradorite on gold filigree on a chrysoprase, turquoise and lapis lazuli background. Entry in the Spoonflower Geodes and Gemstones Contest. Oil on canvas. © Su Schaefer 2014
See the whole design as fabric here.
Moonstones and labradorite are two of the less well known semi-precious gemstones and both have wonderful color transformations - sitting on the cusp of white-pink-blue and blue-green-gray colors (although labradorite also comes in a pink version and its chemical composition is so complex it has many other colors to offer in different circumstances). Both are really too soft to wear in everyday jewelery so I like to think that fabric would be the perfect venue for them. This is of course, a complete fantasy!
[Moonstones and labradorite_detail]