The Outer Rim Territory
I’m a Star Wars fan and this explains the name of this necklace. Tatooine is in the distant Outer Rim and is a desert planet. Tatooine has an endless desert environment and twin yellow suns. The soil is very parched, yet life persists. You can find all of this information on the Internet or from the movie itself, if you’re a fan like me.
The necklace has a free swinging disc in the center that shows off a beautiful Chrysoprase cab. The outer rim has many small silver planets and the texture on both the inner disc and outer rim represent the parched landscape.
OK. Enough. Here are some facts about the necklace. The pendant itself is approximately 1.25″ in diameter. The Chrysoprase cab is 6mm. The inner disc is attached by balling each end of a small piece of 20 gauge silver wire. The outer ring (or rim!) is dotted with handmade silver balls. Double jump rings form the bail and the chain is sterling silver balled chain. It’s finished with a sterling lobster clasp.
This necklace took a long time for me to finish. I wasn’t sure which stone I was going to use but just love the green of the Chrysoprase so it won out over the other choices. It sat lonely on my work bench for the longest time because it was so pretty without the patina that I dwelled over that one decision for a long time. Finally, the desire to have the texture really stand out won over and it took it’s dip in liver of sulphur yesterday. I spent a long time polishing it because I wanted those silver balls to be very bright and shiny against the textured background.
