Mika

I've been making jewelry about 10 years. For my beading work, I love using semi-precious stones as well as venetian beads. My inspiration can come from anything in nature.

Bird Family Amazonite Necklace Project

Bird Family Amazonite Necklace

This is a necklace which tells a story about my family. Our house has a huge California Coastal Redwood tree which we love and is very much part of our life. I loved using amazonite chips because each chip had a slightly different color and a shape. They were perfect for capturing tree leaf effects. […]

Blue Mother Of Pearls With Opals Necklace Project

Blue Mother Of Pearls With Opals Necklace

My favorite summer vacation destination is Hawaii. I just love the color of Hawaiian ocean and that is what I tried to capture with this necklace. For calm ocean, I used different sizes of mother of pearl flat shape beads with round shape one. I used opal round beads, roundelles and bicones as well as […]

Natural Shell And Mother Of Pearl Earrings Project

Natural Shell And Mother Of Pearl Earrings

For these earrings I used ocean theme materials: natural shells, white mother of pearl beads, and pink mother of pearl flat beads. The inspiration came from a Mikimoto picture which was showing a pearl being extracted from an akoya pearl oyster. Trying to capture that image, I have used natural shells to represent akoya pearl […]