Baroque Shell Pearl Bracelet

Shell and pearl together on one bracelet is a tribute to the mollusk — the creature that produces both the shell (as its home, its protection, its architecture) and the pearl (as its response to an irritant, its slow transformation of a problem into a gem). To wear shell and pearl together is to wear both of the mollusk's gifts in a single piece — the home and the jewel, the structure and the treasure, the material the mollusk makes for itself and the material it makes by accident. This bracelet features baroque shell beads and freshwater pearls on elastic with sterling silver spacers.

The shell beads are carved from natural shell — their irregular, baroque shapes preserved to honor the organic character of the material. The freshwater pearls interspersed throughout are also baroque — irregular, organic, each one a different shape and contour. Together, the baroque shell and baroque pearls create a bracelet that reads as collected from a beach rather than manufactured in a factory — a piece that celebrates the organic, the irregular, the beautiful imperfections of natural materials.

• Baroque shell beads — natural white shell, irregular organic shapes
• Genuine baroque freshwater pearls
• Sterling silver spacers
• Elasticated for comfortable fit
• Nickel-free and hypoallergenic

This bracelet is a celebration of the mollusk's artistry — the shell it builds for itself, the pearl it creates by accident, both worn together as a tribute to the creature that has been producing beauty for millions of years without any need for an audience. Style it with white, cream, and the colors of the sea. A piece for the woman who finds beauty in the organic, the irregular, and the gifts that nature produces without human intervention.