Everglades

"There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth, remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them…”

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas

When I saw this lampwork glass bead, I was reminded of a healthier time when I would hike through the Everglades. I loved the beauty of it, the peacefulness and sense of well being it gave me. The little creature on the bead looked like one of many I saw lounging on a fallen tree trunk. Such a small thing but so amazing in its natural surroundings.

I used white turquoise, chrysocolla, red jasper and freshwater pearls on this bracelet, along with a glass bead and glass spacers, and of course, the lampwork glass bead of the small creature. I also used Bali bead caps and spacers with a fancy leaf clasp.

The reason I refer to the little animal on the lampwork bead as "creature" is because I'm not too sure what it is: pointy face = lizzard, but, no tail = frog. It is definitely a reptile of some sort and I am totally sure of the inspiration it brought to me upon seeing it.