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These
handcrafted jewellery designs are inspired by
Fall Bay, Gower. There is a steep decent to this
mystical bay, gorse covered cliffs are teaming with
wild flowers and butterflies. A towering cliff face
at the point, rises100ft out of the waves. High
tide beats against it, spraying up over the sun
drenched rock. Starfish and brown marbled strands
of seaweed along with the mermaids purse cling to
the rocks on the dark reef below, swaying back and
forth with hypnotizing rhythm.
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| FB1 Mermaid's purse necklace |
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The solid silver
mermaids purse pendant represents the home of the common
dog fish. The baby fish spends nine months inside the
case before swimming free into the open ocean. (2mm thick
snake chain & mermaids purse is approx 2.5 inches
long solid silver). |
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| FB2 Silver seaweed necklace |
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The true colours
of the sea beneath the cliffs of Fall Bay are reflected
in the aquamarine and green aventurine beads, silver barnacles
and bubbled seaweed strands complete this underwater theme. |
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| FB3 Seaweed necklace |
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Silver seaweed
pendant on a snake chain, with a turquoise or black pearl
drop. |
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| FB4 Silver seaweed necklace |
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Silver seaweed
and turquoise pendant on a silver snake chain. |
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| FB5 Silver seashell bracelet |
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Silver seaweed,
limpet, starfsih and whelk charm bracelet with silver,
beautifully coloured mystic blue feldspath and aquamarine
beads. |
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| FB6 Seaweed earrings |
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Silver seaweed
earrings, suspended from green moss agate beads. |
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| FB7 Swirl earrings |
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Silver swirls and
small green moss agate beads present a very subtle ocean
sentiment. |
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To
order phone 07791 478563
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Mermaid's
purse.
when
the bitterly cold easterly winds and icy conditions visit us
here in Britain at the beginning of the year, it is hard to
imagine where the shallow water marine creatures are. I know
however that it is at this time of year from November to July
that the sharks of our British waters are breeding. The most
familiar to me being the common spotted dog fish.
These elegant swimmers usually produce up to ten egg cases or
'mermaid's purses' every month. The mermaid's purses of the
dog fish have curly tendrills which attatch themselves to long
seaweed strands and rocks. On numerous occasions we have seen
the baby fish which appear after only one month inside the case
washed up on the sands. These baby fish spend another seven
months fattening themselves on the yolk before swimming free
into the open ocean after nine months.
These 'catsharks' or dogfish are usually found sleeping during
the day in the gullies and rocky outcrops of our shallow waters.
Every spring when snorkelling I am lucky enough to come accross
one or two of these beautiful animals. They lie peacefully on
the sand with their brown marble eyes closed. Their skin has
a surface pattern that any designer would be proud of, it is
not unlike leopard skin sandpaper.
Copyright
© Pa-pa Designer Jewellery
2003-2010 Designs
registered
with the UK Intellectual Property Office, Newport.
All intellectual property rights in our designs are and will
remain the property of Pa-pa jewellery
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