Collaborating with & made exclusively for Plata de Santa Fe Jewelry by Carlos Gutierrez, where we paid homage to the late great Mexican artist Matilde Poulat (AKA MATL) & If you are familiar with her "Praying Kneeling Angel" jewelry, you will see similarities, but this is different in many ways & with much more added detail.

Taking a month to make,this is made in a Cleopatra style collar where Crosses,Angels & lots of Amethyst accents are the theme.

The inner portion of the necklace is outlined with chunky size 11 mm cabs of Amethyst that then are jump ring connected to the 13 crosses which act as the middle portion of the necklace..The large size crosses are made of thick sterling wire & have curled 'chased' sterling wire that is very similar to what Poulat would do to the metal..Each cross has a 5 mm Amethyst center & a oval cut amethyst drop that actually lays between the Angels..These crosses are what connect to the twisted wire "Halo" of the angels

The 12 Angel charms are drawn out by Carlos that are then cast..The Angels are given a very Spanish Colonial look where they have a textured coiffured hairdo,wings with a "S" pattern,while they are shown kneeling & praying while holding a candle that has a round cabochon of turquoise in it.

Call it Oaxaca Folk Art,call it a religious Mexican necklace,but really it's just a spectacularly made necklace by one of Oaxaca's master artists,that's quite the showpiece! Given all the time Carlos put into this,it can't help but have a generous amount of materials that it has!!