Robert Lee Morris Wabi Sabi Red African Bead Necklace with Fringed Pendant, 2009

Robert Lee Morris is the designer who brought the rustic look of Wabi Sabi into his fashion jewelry and has helped to make it more mainstream. This one of a kind spectacular necklace...

Created in 1986, as part of a huge family of egg themed jewelry, this is part of the Wabi Sabi collection. A blend of oxidized brass and copper the simplicity of this design is part of its dramatic charm. Individually constructed hollow ovalized components hang from a chain separated by copper beads. The coloration of this piece is warm and non conventional, typical of the breaking of new ground Morris accomplished with his fashion jewelry. Wabi Sabi is the Japanese term that means aged, used, worn, filled with character and spirit through use, old, spirited, and Robert Lee Morris loves it. So much of his jewelry has the Wabi Sabi quality, which is the opposite of glitz and sparkly bling so associated with jewelry in the first place. Morris spent 4 years living in Japan as a child, his father a USAF officer and pilot, and was very inspired by the beauty of traditional Japanese aesthetic and culture. Therefore one can see this exemplified in the colors of the metal and materials he uses; tarnished and oxidized brass, copper bronze and sometimes even darkened silver. The occasional use of leather or Elk skin...

A very early Robert Lee Morris Necklace, this design if silver tubing, balls, coils and coconut shell, is very iconic of the first decade of Morris' designs. Created originally in th...

Created in 1983, the key form in this piece is a flat but hammered arrowhead shaped drop. The sensual way the many flat and glistening fringe pieces overlap and shimmy back and forth makes this a very fun necklace. Hanging from a gutsy chain this gold plated brass necklace has an adjustable length due to the hook clasp. The inspiration for this necklace is somewhere between the overlapping of roof tiles and shaggy hair. It is a sexy piece due to its free form movement, very linky-lanky. There is a large body of jewelry created by Robert Lee Morris called Casual Gold. They are made by rearranging the many RLM vocabulary components into new and interesting configurations. All necklaces...

Long red coral ebony long necklace with a geometric elements with horn and carved mother of pearls, gold 18kt 10,30gr. total length 116cm. All Giulia Colussi jewelry is new and has...

Native American Navajo Indian coral necklace by Doreen Lebya, Navajo. Coral bead necklace with flat beads connecting at the sterling barrel bead. The beads are all round and uniform....

18k gold rosary strung necklace gr 21.30 with antique Chinese jade'700 in the shape of a hare and an old button also in jade in the shape of a butterfly. my pieces are all unique and...

Striking intensity of Sardinian red coral is the focus of this necklace. Smooth carvings of the deep red precious gem are strung together on ten strands. Next the strands are twisted in a torsade, then joined together by V-shaped links. The total weight of the gem is 820 carats. V shaped links are attached to an 18k yellow gold knot and toggle fastener, which closes the 20 inch long necklace.