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Opal and Diamond Prayer Wheel Pendant
Kent Raible's hand fabricated 'Prayer Wheel' pendant is simply stunning! Based on the design of the Tibetan Prayer Wheels, this personal Prayer Wheel spins on a central axis, sending your prayers out into the world as you move through your day! Set with fine Australian Crystal Opals, flashes of brilliant colors illuminate as your pendant moves. Fine granulation detail, the sparkle of Diamond, and a touch of color with the Pariaba Tourmaline at it's tip complete the composition with perfect balance!
The bale opens and closes securely making it easy to clip over one of Raible's hand woven chains. Wear it clipped on beads or a cord for a more casual look.
Four Australian Crystal Opals 1.05ct total
Four Diamonds G VS-SI .14ct
Pariaba Tourmaline .10ct
14.2gr 18k Gold
Fits chains, beads or pearls up to 5mm.
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This item can be made in a similar fashion with the gemstones of your choice. Please contact us for options
Unlike much “designer” jewelry made today, all jewelry work is done under Kent's direct supervision, with the majority of pieces made entirely by his hand. Beginning with the artist's vision and his sketch, every aspect of the work is done in his studio: alloying the metals, pouring ingots from molten gold, then rolling and drawing the sheet and wire stock used in fabrication, making of granules and small parts used to produce each of Kent's fabulously intricate pieces.
All work is handmade in the USA.
".... Kent's pieces are the quintessence of sumptuous jewelry. Using gold, precious and semi precious stones, he brings to mind a fantasy world of sultans, sheiks and palatial surroundings. Kent's work is glorious in that it has a fantastical quality. It alludes to a time of opulence, when intensive labor was an end in itself. There's a sumptuous, sparkling, magnificence to his work."
- Kenneth Trapp, Former Curator, Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery; National Museum of American Craft
About Kent:
"My life’s path is that of the goldsmith, a path of over 44 years now! To say I love my job would be an understatement! Because, in a world where few things endure, I am one of those who have chosen to celebrate that which defies the passage of time and the whims of fashion.
My life's works draw deeply from the most ancient wells - the archetypes, symbols, and themes that have persisted for millennia. But in my hands, they take on and follow the lines of that singular, internal vision of the practiced artist - one who speaks his own language that somehow bridges the past, present, and future.
My clients tend to call me a true Renaissance man. One could say, in fact, that the pieces I create are perfect time-traveling machines! Firmly rooted in ages-old tradition, each a conscious contributor to its own time, always with a keen and anticipatory eye on what might be next."
Kent Raible's Masterworks Collection:
Presented here are current and available one-of-a-kind works by master craftsman and award-winning goldsmith Kent Raible. Each piece has been designed and executed by Kent and his team, and represents the ultimate in the jeweler's art, using traditional and sometimes ancient goldsmithing techniques.