Sad Dog™ PendantNovember 2011 Sterling silver Ever since I first drew this adorably maudlin canine face, I knew I needed to make jewelry out of it. Sad Dog, as I have named him, started out as one of several sketches I came up with when I was creating a dog pendant for a custom customerbut this was my personal favorite all of the designs on the sheet of drawings I made for that project. Dimensions: 1. 2" x . 84" Sterling silver Chain is included

This stunning silver dog tag bears the inscription 天長地久 (tiān​cháng​dì​jiǔ​)

That is replaced here by the Hebrew word חי (chai)

I had several large chunks of alabaster left over from the process of sculpting the flame

They wanted to maintain the original skull theme in addition to adding a Hebrew message less common than "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine

I flanked it with the two lavender agate slices because in addition to picking up the lightest color of the center stone

"The two major motifs on the rings are four plant species and four phases of the moon (new

in truth tiny flowers grow off of the spadex—the broad form of the spathe

the etz hayim or Tree of Life

14 karat gold

He had seen the Princess Cuff that I'd done in the early Aughts

the plants also represent important aspects of a healthy relationship

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