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Swirls and Curls: Celtic Designs in Jewelry
While the civilization of the Celtic tribes that used to roam continental Europe and the British Isles has long since passed on and morphed into modern cultures throughout those areas, we cannot forget that those groups of people had a special style. Many modern jewelry designs take on traits of these delicate Celtic fashions but in a new way. Since silver was the most widely available precious metal in the lands lived in by the Celtic tribes and was even considered to be sacred as a source of natural purity and religious magic, the majority of jewelry samples that archaeologists have discovered from these lost people tend to be made with that lovely white metal. To keep true to the early designs that our modern Celtic jewelry takes from, most jewelry creators like to make even these modern adornment pieces out of silver—especially since the rise in popularity of these ancient styles is mostly a new thing that corresponds with the rise in silver jewelry being the height of fashion.
Pendants, particularly the trinity knot (also called by an older name for the design known as the triquatra), are extremely popular at the moment just as a great deal of the older jewelry since the Celtic people could simply have a single pendant made which was transferable to any ribbon or thin rope. While you can wear these beautiful interlocking swirled pendant designs on a silky and colorful ribbon in a traditional way, most people prefer a more modern silver chain to match the silver pendant. Chains which interlock with their pendants in a complete necklace are also a great way to showcase a Celtic design of endless knots, both semi circular and almost triangular in their basic shapes. The actual whole necklaces that have central Celtic designs are the most likely to have gems to go with them if you must have a bit of sparkling dazzle in your jewelry. Stylized graphic knots in the Celtic way of design and adornment can be made to fit any piece of jewelry though whether pendants, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, or rings. These seemingly endless swirls and knots have even been adapted to create more popular modern designs like heart jewelry and flower jewelry. Heart pendant necklaces and flower necklaces which are filled in their centers with Celtic knots have truly come into their own popularity lately as well.
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Swirl Earrings & Gemstone Jewelry by Jessica DeCarlo
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