N°15 Mother's Day 2025 Special Set

Born from Fire, Cooled by Tide

This set takes me right back to those dives off volcanic islands—where lava meets reef, where the rock is still young, and everything feels raw and charged. You drop in expecting coral gardens, but what you get instead is stark beauty: black basalt ridges, geothermal shimmer, and life that thrives where most things wouldn’t.

This necklace moves like a fault line. Its asymmetry mimics the unpredictability of a volcanic seabed—lava boulders, black sand, sulphur vents—and the luminous opals and labradorite stones are like light caught in steam plumes rising through a thermocline. The textures of the lava stone beads feel almost too real: they’re porous, lightweight, and rugged, just like the actual substrate we hover over when surveying these sites.
Then there’s that bold, hammered 22k gold-gold disc pendant from Istanbul—a visual metaphor for solar heat meeting ocean turbulence. It anchors the rest of the necklace, the way a volcanic island defines its reef.
This is not a quiet necklace. I’d like to think it's a geological event, rendered wearable. And yes, you can wear it as a long necklace or doubled up as a two-strand shortie.

• As for the earrings, you have 3 pairs to choose from, depending on your mood:The spiralled gold pair reflects the resilience of gastropods—those who twist and grow through lava cracks, unbothered by unstable substrate. They pair perfectly with the volcanic stone and gold elements in the necklace—like they evolved from the same reef niche.
  
  
• The delicate Labradorite briolettes are like iridescent rising bubbles—like looking up during a safety stop and catching the last light refracted through particulate-rich water. They’re calmer, but no less dynamic.
  
  
• Then there’s the bold winged pair of rhinestone clad Mother-of Pearls—dramatic and commanding (9.1cm long).These remind me of pelagic visitors: eagle rays, large wrasses, even reef sharks. They suggest movement and confidence, like a glide over an open ledge with no frame of reference but the deep blue below.

And finally, there is the Labradorite bracelet holds it all together—like a survey line across volcanic topography. It’s subtle, but it traces the connection between all elements. Like a transect placed through contrast zones—highlighting pattern through variation.