FEDERICO JIMENEZ - Hand Cut and Shaped -Square / Tile Cut - Soft Mint Green Colored Carico Lake Turquoise - Channel Laid Sterling Bangle- For Larger Wrist
FEDERICO JIMENEZ - Hand Cut and Shaped -Square / Tile Cut - Soft Mint Green Colored Carico Lake Turquoise - Channel Laid Sterling Bangle- For Larger Wrist
In this business there are 2 ways you get your stones.. You either buy them already cut or you cut them yourself & what I find impressive with this particular bangle, is not just the great look it has from using all those minty colored green cuts of Carico, but to know that each one of these cuts were cut "Free Hand" without the use of calipers & were cut by 'eye and feel'. Normally artists will take the 'quick route' & purchase already cut perfectly smooth- perfectly sized cabochons to put in their designs, but with these, everything was done with the power of the hand where the lapidarian started from the whole rock & then cut and shaped each one of these cuts!! There is no comparison when you consider the workmanship & the time involved to make this from beginning to end.. This is the beauty of 'artisan' made jewelry!
Chosen for this, is turquoise from Nevada's Carico Lake mine that are evenly matched with soft tone- minty green cuts of Carico.! They are cut in a 'square/tile' cut & are elegantly beveled and have a nice doming to the top.. They are laid in a channel laid pattern that extend to the 3/8" width of the shank.
*This is made to fit from a larger medium to large size hand/wrist. Bangles are measured different than other style bracelets & have to go over the widest part of the hand to fit,which would be where the upper thumb bone is & then across.*
IMPORTANT:
What I suggest is, if you have bangle on hand that fits you well, you want to measure it by laying it flat on top of a paper measuring tape & starting on say the 1" line, you will then see where it measures from & to. (east to west) The 'interior' part is what you want to pay attention to, not the outer most part since it would give you an inaccurate reading because of the height of the stones..Then compare it to my **'Interior across measurement'** as shown in photo & listed below.
In the last photo are 2 more in this same categorycategory!
ARTIST:FEDERICO JIMENEZ
STYLE: Turquoise Bangle
METAL: STERLING
WIDTH: 3/8”
MATERIAL: NATURAL GREEN CARICO LAKE TURQUOISE
MATERIAL CUTS: Square Tiles
TURQUOISE SIZE: 9 mm Square
WEIGHT: 1.78 OUNCES ( 50.6 GRAMS)
INTERIOR ACROSS MEASURMENT: 2-1/2"(This is measured left to right while bangle is laying flat)
INNER CIRCUMFERENECE: About 8-1/4"(This measurement was taken by taking a paper tape measure-Then starting at one stone and ending at the end of the next stone from where I started..
OUTER CIRCUMFERENECE: About 10" (This measurement was taken with the paper measurer “against” the stones-Then starting at one stone and ending at the end of the next stone from where I started..
HALLMARK: JF/STERLING
COMES GIFT BOXED
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SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT:
Because of the price,this will have a mandatory signature confirmation requirement & will come insured.. If you're not home in the day & need it shipped where it can be signed for,please change that in your "Ship To" section before I create the shipping label***I'm sorry if this may be an inconvenience, but I do not ship expensive pieces without one. This is for your safety & mine.
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** PLEASE NOTE**
I do not consider myself a 'professional photographer" but I do try to give you photos that are 'realistic" in color,just so you're not shocked, nor disappointed when you get the piece. I find photographing anything with 'yellow' in it, (orange, green) can come up a little more vivid than other colors,so please take this into consideration. I photographed this in front of a couple different background colors,so please go through all photos to see ANY variation.
