Force is one of those unusual pieces that will not be found in Sterling I guess almost Anywhere. Somehow, creative people seem to create based in the value of a metal, restricting how far they can go because... well... maybe Sterling, Silver, is supposed to be just a polite combination of domesticated stones and polite shapes. Yet, people like me -and some of you- that love the unusual and prefer silver or gold are caged to the maker's limitations, unable to find crazy wild things in metals than copper or, even worse, brass.
So, here, a wild creature's piece with all the ingredients to be a brutal tribal style made in Sterling.
The focal element merges a bit of an industrial flare with a coyote vertebra -natural and sanitized with a professional food surfaces sterilizer as all natural organic elements I use- and from it, a coyote claw, Moroccan conus shell carved antique hair beads and a small bottle with two real miniature muskrat jaws all set with an asymmetrically distributed handcrafted chain.
The neck area is a combination of vintage Naga conch shell beads, Tibetan bone, Naga old glass and vintage horn, all stranded with Brazilian waxed thread -almost indestructible- and ending in a Sterling chain and clasp.
Warm, earthy, unusual for a Sterling piece, WiLd, and of course, One of a Kind.
It measures around the neck 17 1/2 inches
The pictures where the piece rests on the bust show its real dimensions since it is a real human size mannequin.