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Christmas due to Sue being scheduled for surgery on the 17th.

lAdventures of Sue Pieper

Sue is a mixed media artist working out of her home studio in Dyckesville, WI. Continuing to learn new techniques, working in different mediums, and then finding new ways to combine it all in her work, makes her art an adventure-for both you and Sue! Her inspiration comes from all things old, especially photographs, and from nature. She loves creating texture in her collages by adding numerous layers, until a history of sorts is developed to suit the subject matter. Besides doing collage, painting and bookbinding, Sue also makes & designs jewelry, so you'll find a varied selection to choose from in her shop.

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Coral Necklace

Being a huge fan of the color red, and finding it difficult to find red gemstones, this is a favorite of mine. It's constructed of bamboo coral, lava stone, translucent African vaseline trade beads, and a couple of stones that came right off a beach of Lake Michigan, that I drilled out myself to be able to use them. It measures almost 34" with a drop of about 3". I used a nice weight textured sterling silver chain, which is attached such as to give it an asymetrical look, whcih I seem to do all the time anyway! All the wire wrapping and the handforged links & components are sterling silver that I've manipulated into these different shapes. This necklace pairs up nicely with another necklace here (the one with citrine, stick pearls, and charoite) if you like wearing more than one necklace for that layered look. As with all of my necklaces, the wire wrapping is interconnected, so there's no need for jump rings that may catch on something and break. After it's constructed, it's artificially aged, then cleaned with steel wool, put into a tumbler for a while, and finally polished by hand to give it a beautiful luster.

$200 + $7 USPS Priority w/ Insurance & Delivery Confirmation

Stick pearls, citrine

Measuring approximately 26" long, plus a 2.5" drop, this necklace is a nice warm earthy combination of Charoite, Citrine discs, rusty colored stick pearls with an irridescent gold glow, small white coin pearls, yellow freshwater pearls, and an unusual translucent African vaseline trade bead. I did add in a handforged clasp on the front, but it's still easily slipped over your head with it closed. All the wire wrapping and the handforged links & components are sterling silver that I've manipulated into these different shapes. I made this one specifically to be able to wear with the coral necklace, either looks great by themselves, but these 2 nest together nicely if you like that layered look. As with all of my necklaces, the wire wrapping is interconnected, so there's no need for jump rings that may catch on something and break. After it's constructed, it's artificially aged, then cleaned with steel wool, put into a tumbler for a while, and finally polished by hand to give it a beautiful luster.

$175 + $7 USPS Priority w/ Insurance & Delivery Confirmation

Trade beads & vintage optomestrist lens

Purples & greens combined has always been a favorite combination to work with, and this has been no exception. This approximately 32" necklace has a beautiful drop of almost 7", ending with an optometrist lens from the late 1800's. This lens magnifies, so you can easily use it to read small print, making it beautiful as well as functional. The larger brighter green beads are African trade beads, called vaseline beads that are translucent. There's also some good sized stick pearls that are a lovely irridescent purple that almost glows with a touch of green that glints if the light is right, finished off with some smaller purple jasper rondelles and some square freshwater pearls that are an extremely pale, almost seafoam green color. This will quickly become one of your favorite necklaces to wear! As with all of my necklaces, the wire wrapping is interconnected, so there's no need for jump rings that may catch on something and break. After it's constructed, it's artificially aged, then cleaned with steel wool, put into a tumbler for a while, and finally polished by hand to give it a beautiful luster.

$325 + $7 USPS Priority w/ Insurance & Delivery Confirmation

Peterstite & Pearls

If you like a more organic look, then this is the necklace for you! It measures approximately 25" long, plus an additional 3" drop of Peterstite and a fresh water pearl hanging from a handforged component. The stone, Peterstite, is fast becoming one of my favorites with it's very organic look of earth, water & sky combined, at least that's how I see it. The freshwater pearls used are a combination of a very soft gold color, along with almost an off white with just the faintest touch of color to them. Even though it's long eough to easily slip over your head, I did add a hand forged clasp to it, just in case you have your hair up for a special occasion, to avoid possibly messing it up. Have to plan ahead for these things:) All of the wire wrapping is interconnected, so there's no need for jump rings that may catch on something and break. This should last a lifetime! As with all of my jewelry, after it's made it's artificially aged, then cleaned with steel wool, put into a tumbler for a while, and finally polished by hand to give it a beautiful luster.

$215 + $7 USPS Priority w/ Insurance & Delivery Confirmation

Necklace/bracelet combination

This piece gives you the option of either wearing the whole piece as an approximately 31" necklace, or unhook the 8.5" section from the hand forged links and wear that piece as a bracelet, which changes the necklace length to approximately 21", plus the 3" drop that hangs from a hand forged component which has delicate white stick peals attached to it, ending with an off white vintage mother of pearl button. Both pieces are made of mother of pearl nuggets, vintage mother of pearl buttons, and freshwater pearls in a very soft taupe, almost a soft peach like color. All of the wire and components are made of sterling silver with no jump rings to catch on something and break. This should last a lifetime! As with all of my jewelry, after it's made it's artificially aged, then cleaned with steel wool, put into a tumbler for a while, and finally polished by hand to give it a beautiful luster. This is one of my favorite pieces, as it will match just about anything that you wear.

$210 + $7 USPS Priority w/ Insurance & Delivery Confirmation

Peacock pearls & vintage optomestrist lens

For those of us who can't read the fine print, this will solve the problem. The optometrist lens from the late 1800's that's attached to the end of this necklace magnifies! I've tried it out myself, and made it long enough so that it's easy to use and hold out far enough to read any small print-comes in very handy:) This hangs off an approximate 7.5" drop, which is connected to a 31" necklace made out of the ever popular freshwater pearl in a peacock color, and carefully wapped with sterling silver wire. All of the wire wrapping is interconnected, so there's no need for jump rings that may catch on something and break. This should last a lifetime! As with all of my jewelry, after it's made it's artificially aged, then cleaned with steel wool, put into a tumbler for a while, and finally polished by hand to give it a beautiful luster.

$190 + $7 USPS Priority w/ Insurance & Delivery Confirmation

This nature inspired necklace with blue colors from the sky & the water is 24" long, with an additional 4" focal including a wonderful handmade lampwork bead of a tree at night, (Look closely and you'll see a moon behind the tree branch.) completed with lampwork spacer beads, sterling spacers, and an amazoinite bead, all hanging from a handmade sterling element. The necklace itself is made of more amazoinite, black agate, lava stone, coin pearls, and round freshwater pearls, all carefully hand wrapped with sterling silver wire. There's a handmade sterling closure on the side, which makes it easy to hook & unhook. The necklace is artificially aged, cleaned, tumbled, and hand polished to give you a beautifully finished necklace that will last a lifetime.

$250 + $7 USPS Priority w/ Insurance & Delivery Confirmation

A very earthy looking necklace with it's many shades of purple. The chalcedony is a smoky purple color, the charoite has purples, whites, and a little yellow running through each stone, the amethyst is a dark purple, while the freshwater pearls are a little lighter in color-and they all blend beautifully together in this 30" long necklace plus a 4" focal featuring a handmade lampwork bead in the shape of a bird, sitting on top of a bone bead, shaped like a nest. Each stone in this necklace is carefully wrapped in sterling silver wire, artificially aged, cleaned, tumbled, and hand polished to give it a beautiful glow, and something that will give you enjoyment for life!

$245 + $7 USPS Priority w/ Insurance & Delivery Confirmation

This beautiful white necklace is so stunning, it could be worn for any occasion. A combination of white pearls in different shapes & sizes are attached to a shell piece giving it a length of 31", with an additional 5" focal hanging featuring a simply perfect black & white lampwork bird bead dressed up with more pearls and a little bone nest. Each bead is handwrapped with sterling silver wire, then the entire necklace is artificially aged, cleaned, tumbled, and hand polished, giving you a piece of jewelry you'll want to wear everyday!

$275 + $7 USPS Priority w/ Insurance & Delivery Confirmation

A colorful, earthy necklace measuring 28" long plus a 4" focal, is a fun one! Made out of tourmilated cherry quartz, citrine in both a rectangle and coin shape, sponge coral in both a round bead and smaller discs, is completed with yellow freshwater pearls. It has a handmade side closure, making it easy to take on & off, although it's actually long enough that you may choose to not use that feature. The focal features a beautiful handmade lampwork bead in red, oranges, yellows, and a touch of silver, all hanging from a sterling plated circle and dressed up with more yellow pearls. Each bead is carefully hand wrapped with sterling silver wire, then the necklace is aged, cleaned, tumbled, and finally hand polished, giving you a beautiful finished product that you'll enjoy wearing.

$275 + $7 USPS Priority w/ Insurance & Delivery Confirmation

Another earthy looking necklace, made out of petersite, off white freshwater pearls in both the coin and round shapes, smoky lemon quartz, and beautiful big round peacock pearls, making it 31" long, with an additional 4" focal made of hand forged sterling to hold a handmade pendant. The Pertersite stones have colors swirling throughout which is hard to capture in a photo, but makes up a wonderfully interesting necklace. Each stone is hand wrapped with sterling silver wire, aged, cleaned, tumbled, and hand polished to give it that special glow. You'll love wearing this necklace for a lifetime!

$275 + $7 USPS Priority w/ Insurance & Delivery Confirmation

"Wishing"

Sweet image of a young girl with a partial transfer behind her, sets the tone for this 9" x 12" collage. Lots of texture and visual depth, obtained by applying many layers of paints & papers, set off with a delicate fiber along the bottom and upper left corner. The repurposed metal element with hand dyed ribbon hanging from it, give it some movement, as well as more depth. This collage is sealed with a museum grade wax finish to protect it, and the edge is painted and ready to hang. More detail photos available upon request.