Flashback Friday - The Birth of a Custom Jewelry Design - Giraffe

"Giraffe" was really the only direction I had for this custom jewelry order. Oh, and also that giraffes have the biggest heart of land livning animals.

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I did know I wanted to design something simple and graphic. These were my initial idea sketches and below is the finished piece, hand sculpted in fine silver.
Not too far from my starting point which illustrates what I generally find...my first gut feelings are usually the right direction to go.