I spend a lot of time poring over my flats of stones trying out different combinations and when I land on one that intrigues me--I create a piece like this cuff.
A boulder opal with lively swaths of flashy green contrasts with the earthy golden host stone. I've combined it with an irregular oval of chrysoprase, an aquamarine, amazonite and rutilated quartz. The stones are arranged on argentium sterling silver and I've wrapped gemstone beads with fine gauge silver pins that fill the space between the stones like river water through rocks.
The cuff itself is a quite sturdy gauge argentium silver with an interior of 2 1/8 by 1 7/8 inches (6 1/3 circumference)with a 1 1/4 inch opening. This is a smaller than average cuff. It can be helpful to measure your wrist or another cuff that fits well to compare the size.
