The Glass Red Raspberry Necklace you see here features one of my handmade glass Raspberry beads, accented by my handmade glass calyx in light green. The calyx is a separate piece of glass. This lets is move separately from the raspberry bead, which helps to prevent breakage if it is bumped during storage. My raspberry beads are hand-formed one cell at a time in the flame of a torch from colored glass. Variations in the red color are achieved by selective heating and cooling of the glass. As a result the color will not rub, flake or chip off and no two glass raspberries are ever exactly alike. Like real raspberries, each of my glass raspberries has a translucent quality with a soft surface sheen, and every cell (drupelet) has a slight vertical indentation. The glass raspberry bead used in this necklace is partly hollow inside.
The cluster is hung from Sterling Silver figure-eight chain. The standard length of the necklace you see above is 20 inches and it is finished with a lobster clasp. You may vary the length to anything you prefer by clipping the lobster onto any link in the last few inches of the chain. A small glass leaf dangles at the free end of the chain. If you would like your necklace to be shorter or longer than the standard simply specify the desired length when you order. You may also choose a different style of clasp, such as a toggle. Like all of my jewelry this design is available in both 14/20 Gold-Filled and Sterling Silver. You can see alternate Raspberry necklace designs and matching Raspberry earrings by viewing the Raspberries Page of this site.
Raspberry jewelry can also be custom made with high-karat gold or platinum findings and accented with different Swarovski Crystals, glass leaves or with gemstone beads. Some examples can be viewed on the Custom Jewelry Page.
