New Moon co-founder Anna Lear has been making jewelry since 1994 and has developed a signature style that combines unusual gemstones and handmade glass, intricate wirework in sterling silver and other precious metals, and the occasional fiber such as silk or bamboo. Leather is another favorite material, combining nicely with sterling silver or copper and turquoise or other gemstones for simple necklaces that look great on men as well as women. She is also an apprentice lapidarist, working occasionally with Dean Crane and Conne Gibson at the Two Cranes workshop to create pendants for wirewrapping (such as the simple lapis pendant below) and, more recently, gemstone-scrap tesserae (small tiles) for mosaics.
Handmade lapis lazuli pendant wrapped in 18-karat gold-fill wire; lampwork glass bead (by Magdalena artist Vanessa Quinones) on handwrapped sterling silver bail and necklace of chrysocolla and sterling.
Two Cranes Mexican green turquoise pendant on leather and copper; Two Cranes Sonora Sunrise pendant on necklace of chrysocolla, dyed pearls, and sterling and Thai silver.
Hand-wrapped sterling silver bangle with mookaite; bracelet of leather, African trade beads, mixed gemstones, glass, bone, and sterling silver.
Earrings of turquoise in hand-wrapped and hammered copper; hand-wrought sterling silver hoop earrings with crystal quartz briolettes.
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