Yellow Seahorse
$35.00Yellow Seahorse Sterling Silver Pendant is a minimalist style small pendant hot-enamelled with jewelry-grade powder.
Comes with 16in sterling silver chain that rhodium plated to prevent tarnish.
Hand-made in QC, Canada
Dawnbreaker (1980, Canada)
$75.00The Dawnbreaker features a made-from-scratch hot enamelled copper pendant with genuine copper and lapis lazuli, bamboo coral and copper beads. It comes with 1 in extender to adjust the length if needed. The pendant is an enamelled penny struck in 1980.
Even though fewer and fewer artists practice hot-enamelling, I love this old and unique technique for the bold colours, an element of surprise, and the wide design possibilities it offers.
Hand-made in QC, Canada
Azule
$75.00This beautiful necklace combines a hot-enamelled made-form-scratch pendant and beaded string. One-inch extender helps find the most comfortable fit.
Materials: solid copper, jewelry enamel, amazonite, lapis lazuli, copper findings, vinyl cord.
Hand-made in QC, Canada
Vintage Shell (50+ y.o., Canada)
$65.00The Vintage Shell necklace looks very simple, but very captivating due to its centrepiece – the shell. This shell is authentic and vintage, finished with gold plate and real leather double cord.
Materials: natural shell, leather cord, real copper.
The Stolen Sun
$75.00The Stolen Sun includes a made-from-scratch hot enamelled copper pendant with genuine copper and lapis lazuli beads.
Comes with 1 in extender to adjust the length, if needed.
Hand-made in QC, Canada
Red And Cobalt (250+ y.o., Europe)
$70.00Red And Cobalt necklace is another piece of jewelry made with authentic trade beads from Africa. Made to facilitate trade, glass beads in various forms made in Europe were in use by explorers and then traders mainly across the African continent. Blue colour of the beads stands for harmony, truth, insight, and loyalty. This necklace is made with authentic African trade glass bead.
The necklace sits perfectly around the neck and features adjustable length.
Materials: sterling silver, lapis lazili, glass bead artifact
Hand-made by Ottawa-Gatineau-based artist Elena NL.
Cape of Hope (250+ y.o., Europe)
$95.00Made to facilitate trade, glass beads in various forms made in Europe were in use by explorers and then traders mainly across the African continent. Blue colour of the beads stands for harmony, truth, insight, and loyalty. These necklace is made with authentic African trade glass bead accompanied with vintage mother of pearls shell hand-made oval bead.
Materials: sterling silver, lapis-lazuli, glass bead artefact, mother of pearls artefact, freshwater pearls.
Hand-made by Elena NL.
Parrot Wing
$45.00This Parrot Sterling Silver pendant is a minimalist style pendant. The feather looks gorgeous when the sunlight is going through and shows all shades of green from deep green to turquoise.
Comes with 16in sterling silver chain that is rhodium plated to prevent tarnish.
Zhenia
$75.00The Zhenia necklace is all about beauty of copper. Hot-enamelled from scratch, all unique and never repeated design.
Materials: genuine hot-enamelled copper
Jerusalem Cross (50 y.o., Mexico)
$170.00I got this cross from my relatives and then enamelled it. Silver is getting tarnished quite fast and cleaning such a big piece of jewelry on regular basis is not fun, so jewelry-grade enamel not only brings the colours into this piece, but also protects the metal from oxidation.
Hot-enamelled by me.
Byzantine Beliefs (1000 y.o., Constantinople)
$125.00Byzantine Beliefs hand-made necklace contains real artefact from Old Constantinople, hot-enamelled and polished by me for more attractive look. Aventurine and Lapis Lazuli create sensation of calmness and balance.
Check more unique hand-made jewelry with artefacts.
Hand-made by Elena NL.
Viking Treasure (1000-1200 y.o., Viking)
$115.00This hand-made in Ottawa elegant necklace will become a conversation piece. The pendant has an authentic artifact – a Viking bronze button from 8-10th century. To make it stand out more, I added hot-enamelled copper round in teal colour.
Pearl and Patina Necklace
$75.00Pearl and Patina Necklace made with natural freshwater pearls and bronze beads and pendant. All pearls are authentic and vintage.
It is a classic combination of materials with a patina effect, but simple and contemporary in design.
Hand-made in QC, Canada
Light Feather Sterling Silver Pendant
$25.00Light Feather sterling silver Pendant is a minimalist style small pendant hot-enamelled with jewelry-grade powder.
Comes with 16in sterling silver chain that rhodium plated to prevent tarnish.
Copper Nautilus
$125.00Copper Nautilus pendant is a solid copper piece hand-made from scratch by Elena Nahum Leroy using hard soldering techniques.
Scorpio
$45.00If you believe in Zodiac and Scorpio means something to you, this little sterling silver pendant will be a good gift. Minimalist in style this small pendant was hot-enamelled with jewelry-grade glass powder.
Comes with 16in sterling silver chain that rhodium plated to prevent tarnish.
Silver Crab
$99.00Silver Crab has all elements to make you shine: sterling silver pendant partially enamelled with jewelry glass, sterling silver parts and chan, and sapphire beads. Although the chain’s length is adjustable, this elegant necklace will look perfect on a young lady due to its chocker size and small details.
Materials used: sterling silver, silver plated links, jewelry enamel, sapphires.
Rose Petal (50+ y.o., Mexico)
$55.00Rose Petal quartz necklace is very gentle and makes any lady look elegant and blooming. The central piece has hot-enamelled vintage authentic bronze Mexican coin. Elena gently cleaned it and applied few layers of enamel to underline gemstones as well as to show metal ornament.
Materials used: rose quartz, copper, copper plated parts, vinyl cord, bronze coin.
Handmade in QC by Elena Nahum Leroy.
Seahorse (2500 y.o.+, Europe)
$190.00This Seahorse necklace has authentic bronze arrowhead from archaic period dated circa 750-500 BC (more than 2500 years old).
Elena Nahum Leroy cleaned and polished the arrowhead, added hot enamel to emphasize the texture of the metal, wrapped with copper wire and soldered it to secure the position of the metal.
Materials: bronze, copper, sodalite, angelite, vinyl cord.
Flavius Constantinus (1700 y.o., Ancient Rome)
$125.00This unique Flavius Constantinus necklace has an authentic Ancient Roman bronze coin struck in 319-320 AD. Constantine I, or Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor who reigned from 306 to 337 AD.
Materials: bronze, lapis lazuli, howlite, copper, bamboo coral
Guardians (1700 y.o., Ancient Rome)
$85.00Sapphire and pearl Guardians necklace has unique artefact: an authentic Ancient Roman copper coin from 4th century (316 – 337 AD). Elena Nahum Leroy gently restored the coin and added hot enamel for more beautiful appearance and metal protection.
Materials: copper, sapphires, freshwater pearls, copper-plated parts
Starry Night
$55.00If you like original handmade necklaces with a modest look, this Starry Night enamelled copper pendant decorated with faceted sapphires and gray jade would be a nice choice.
Materials: copper, jewelry grade enamel, sapphires, gray jade, vinyl cord, copper plated clasp
Olaf the White (1000-1200 y.o., Viking)
$115.00This viking style bronze necklace may become a conversation piece. The pendant is an authentic artefact – viking bronze button from 8-10th century. It’s framed with lapis lazuli and howlite and finished with copper magnetic clasp.
Materials: bronze, copper, lapis lazuli, howlite, vinyl cord
Roman Legion (1600-1800 y.o., Ancient Rome)
$125.00Roman Legion copper necklace has an authentic bronze artifact from Ancient Rome dated 200-400 AD. It’s gently restored and polished by me.
Back in Rome, white, blue and coral colours were used most in jewelry and I chose the gemstones with the same colours: bamboo coral, lapis lazuli, and howlit
All metal findings and the chain are made of copper that with time will show beautiful and vintage-looking tarnish emphasizing the beauty of the Roman pendant.
