Towards evening, the woman once again stood before the Morrison jasper necklace. The browns and earthy greens in the tongue-shaped stone glowed like an oil painting. The landscape of mountains and miniature trees were framed by silver pea pod shapes and gold arches. Lee picked up the necklace by the snake chain and held it out to the woman, suggesting she try it on. Lee's signature design element is the drilled silver sphere which appears in so many of her pieces, such as this rutilated quartz pendant.
Bugs eat holes in leaves, worms dig holes, stars look like holes in the sky.
It is so exciting, whole, and fulfilling it makes me want to cry. Lee smiled and nodded. She understood all too well how a five-inch stone from Wyoming could upset a person's equilibrium. She has a box full of stones that she feels that way about herself. Some, like the Chinese writing stone, she has held on to for 12 years.