Red Sea (30 y.o.)
This Red Sea necklace has natural corals and genuine copper. Don’t worry, we don’t contribute in coral extraction from the seas. Corals used for this necklace are vintage and recycled (cleaned, restored and polished).
Above the Clouds (40+ y.o., Baltic)
What is always above the clouds? The sun, of course! That’s what this labradorite and amber piece of jewelry stands for.
Materials: labradorite, amber, genuine copper, real leather
Handmade in Canada
Copper and Bronze
This necklace is very unique as its centrepiece is authentic bronze pendant from 1950’s. Genuine brushes copper beads complemented with natural green jasper and finished with magnetic copper clasp make this necklace easy to wear impressive accessory.
En Rouge
This bright neckalce features copper hot-enamelled ceterpiece decorated with bamboo coral and copper beads. For a better look, it’s paired with hook earrings. The hooks are sterling silver and the beading components are copper.
Materials: bamboo coral, copper, enamel, sterling silver.
Dawnbreaker (1980, Canada)
The 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
Vintage Shell (50+ y.o., Canada)
The 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
The 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
Zhenia
The Zhenia necklace is all about beauty of copper. Hot-enamelled from scratch, all unique and never repeated design.
Materials: genuine hot-enamelled copper
Byzantine Beliefs (1000 y.o., Constantinople)
Byzantine 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.
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Hand-made by Elena NL.
Viking Treasure (1000-1200 y.o., Viking)
This 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.
Copper Nautilus
Copper Nautilus pendant is a solid copper piece hand-made from scratch by Elena Nahum Leroy using hard soldering techniques.
Rose Petal (50+ y.o., Mexico)
Rose 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)
This 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)
This 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)
Sapphire 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
If 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)
This 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)
Roman 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.
Oscine (1500 y.o., Rome)
This beautiful unique and standing out necklace has an ancient Roman artefact: bronze brooch bird with enamel from 4-5th centuries AD.
Materials: bronze, copper, jade
Approx. 48 cm.