SUNBURST EARRINGS OOAK I wanted the icing to

I wanted the icing to be the main event

• The box turtle – the one most likely to visit you in your backyard

A sweet little heart-linked chain

That the goal was never to be sad or experience pain and that winning in life was to come out unscathed by sorrow

The white fleur de lis on the blue field represent our ties with France

SUNBURST EARRINGS OOAK I wanted the icing toBuy in 14K Gold. sunburst a flash of sunlight, especially through a break in clouds a jeweled brooch representing a sun surrounded by rays a design in the form of rays diverging from a central point I started carving this piece during the darkest, dreariest days of winter when the smallest peek of sunlight felt like sweet relief from the cold gray around me. It wasnt conscious. I just found my fingers creating the rays my heart was longing for. When I