GZ Guildmaster's Necklace

The crystal turns in suspension, a giant in its cathedral, orbited by the ornamented coils, pinions, and dials of its colossal golden machinery. 
The air rumbles with energy, discharges shocks of lightning to lesser crystals of the chamber perimeter. 
Of power, it is both a symbol and a source, the Zero coordinate, its vital operation once overseen by guildspeople who wore the insignia of esteemed stations.

This was the fifth in my sculptural jewelry series inspired by the Great Zero machine of Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, a game which was very meaningful to me. They were all intended to be iconic, to symbolize the concept of the machine and not just recreate it. After completing the first emblem with a plain crystal, I purchased a set of four gorgeous, angel-aura quartz*crystal points. They were stunning, hypnotic little things, each individual, and it became a personal challenge to vary the theme to suit each of them. 

I was fully running with the electromagnetic / piezoelectric motif when I designed this one, in which the crystal is carefully bracketed in successively finer brass wire and mounted to a hand-cut brass backing. I gave the necklace an arced-looking copper wire (salvaged from broken string lights) which runs through a series of eyelets. It's still my favorite of the set and I'm actually kind of sorry I sold it.


*natural quartz crystal modified with a permanent iridescent luster

The series:
I.    II.    III.    V.