HOT ! Cast Necklaces by Heliotrope

Show the spirit of the Sonoran Desert with these gorgeous cast necklaces by Spring Winders of Heliotrope! Each design is either hand-carved or molded from real salvaged desert materials (like the desert rat jawbones), and then cast in sterling silver or brass. The detail is absolutely stunning! Made here in Tucson!

Brass pendants on gold-fill chain.

Silver pendants on silver-fill chain.

Spring Winders is the designer, metalsmith and entrepreneur behind Heliotrope. She founded Heliotrope in 2012 shortly after moving to Tucson, where she lives with her partner, poet and DJ Logan Phillips, and their twin daughters. 

Spring is hugely inspired by the Sonoran desert. With its wild, survivalist creatures, its strange and beautiful plant life, stunning sunsets, and the incredible contrast between its vulnerability, and eternal strength, it provides both inspiration for her hand-carved casts, and material for the casts and earrings she creates using salvaged animal bones, insect wings, and owl talons.