mermaid necklace, blue - LORELEI

Description

The blonde German siren Lorelei, once jilted, returned as a Rhine maiden, and used her seductive song to lure sailors to their demise... they say. You can't always believe stories about a girl's reputation though. Heh.

You will not see another necklace like this. My original illustration of the exotic Lorelei is the focal piece and is affixed to a hand-crafted polymer clay pendant, 5-1/2 inches (14cm) in length. Lorelei's blue mermaid gown is embellished with iridescent stars and a hand-sewn sequined tail; microbeads embellish the bustline.

Lorelei's crowning glory is a tumble of fibers in blonde shades streaked with blue and pink and secured with a glowing aqua bead; she's quite the funky mermaid! And as a reminder of her sailor conquests, she sports a blue anchor tattoo on her upper left arm.

Six 15-inch strands of tiny light blue beads make up the necklace and are gathered in hand-crafted aqua-colored cones fashioned in a freeform shell shape and kissed with a subtle gold finish. The "Lorelei" toggle clasp is also hand-crafted of polymer clay with a mermaid tail bar and in the same aqua-gold color and attached with gold-filled components. Crimps are sterling silver. The beads are strung through the back of the pendant piece. Overall, the necklace measures approximately 16 inches.

This necklace was proudly created for the Etsy Honeybee Helpers Summer Challenge! 5% of the purchase price of "Lorelei" will be donated to VanishingBees.com, to help their efforts in the research and awareness of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), and 5% will be donated to the Team EFA Artists Helping Animals charity of the month.

The "Lorelei" necklace is a special piece. It ships via USPS Priority Mail both domestically and internationally.

Added on Oct 25, 2009