The Plumes of Prescott – The story behind my pendant design
The stone I selected for my class project is a Plume Agate. I did not realize how healing the process of setting it into silver metal clay would be. As you know, Prescott had two fires close by this summer – the Doce Fire and the Yarnell Fire. It is not possible to have a fire close to your town without being affected. It is not possible to lose 19 firefighters in one of those fires without being affected. When I selected this stone, I saw plumes of smoke with the sun setting behind them. I saw the burned ground with the lacy texture at the base of the stone. I saw the beauty and the destruction of fire and I knew this was going to be my commemorative piece. As I sketched the design for the setting, I wanted to emphasize the texture at the bottom of the stone. I wanted to keep the main part of the setting simple so the eye would go to the plumes and I wanted to continue a flame from the front to the back. ...