Bonprise Designs

"Fireworks!" pendant necklace

Nature's enchanting fossilized coral is bezel set in a handfabricated sterling silver pendant. The handstamped, oxidized design in the silver complements the starbursts of the coral. The beaded strand matches perfectly, with freshwater pearls, peachy red aventurine, oxidized silverplated rondelle beads and clear taupe Czech glass disks. There's also a handcrafted oxidized sterling silver hook and eye clasp (not shown). This very special necklace just sold at the wonderful "Gift Local" holiday craft show sponsored by Old Town Hall Exchange, Lincoln, MA.

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This website presents a sampling of jewelry that I create in Arlington, MA. I've been told that it's both the design and the details that make my jewelry special. I'm inspired by color and texture and by working with quality, eclectic components, including one-of-a-kind artisan beads. Many of my clasps, earwires and other findings are handcrafted by me from precious metals, copper or brass, depending on what suits the design best. My jewelry can be whimsical or elegant. Often, the combinations are quite unexpected which, when it works, is always fun!

Please contact me for more information, including on availability of anything shown here, or to discuss custom designs that might interest you. If you are the owner of a shop dedicated to featuring local artists' unique creations, please contact me to discuss offering some of my jewelry to your customers. If we both feel a synergy, I will be happy to work with you to provide just the right one-of-a-kind Bonprise Designs jewelry for your clientele, and to help promote our partnership.

Retail customers can buy my handcrafted jewelry online at my Etsy shop "Bonprise" or, in the Boston area, at Firefly Moon (Arlington Heights, MA), Mad about Shoe (Winchester, MA) and Don's Salon89 (Whitensville, MA). And, my line of pet and other animal-themed jewelry is now available at FlowDog (Waltham, MA)! Each shop carries a different selection of unique pieces -- always changing -- with a few samples shown on this website.

Until its recent closing, a very sad loss for our community, Divinity's Splendour Glow -- a beloved shop supporting artists for decades in Arlington Center -- also carried my jewelry.

Please note that, while I try to keep it updated, any piece for sale in the "brick and mortar" shops might have sold since posted here. So it's a good idea to contact the shop directly soon if you're specifically interested in any of them.

Enjoy! Sue

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"Terra Turquoise" necklace and earrings set

Gorgeous turquoise in green, blue, teal hues, with a rich brown matrix is perfectly complemented with matte Czech glass rondelles in a terracotta color. They're handknotted together into the necklace, about 19 1/2 inches long. The necklace closes with a handcrafted by Bonprise fine silver toggle clasp, hand-formed and finished. The matching earrings feature hammered sterling silver embellishments and sterling silver earwires. Sparkly "Erinite" Swarvovski crystals accent all pieces. Available as a set in my online shop; click the photo to link.

Necklapouch (TM) hand-hooked and hand-knotted "necklace bags", in collaboration with fiber artist Phyllis Poor

I met Phyllis at a craft fair, when I was selling my jewelry at a table beside her display of gorgeous hand-hooked bags and other creations. We decided to work together and *Necklapouches (TM) were born! They're worn like a necklace, with a pouch perfectly sized to carry your cellphone and other small items. Each hand-knotted necklace strap is designed to perfectly complement the hand-hooked pouch. The removable straps can also each be worn as a necklace. See this and other Necklapouches available now at our online shop (click the photo and also browse around the Necklapouch Etsy shop). (And, a few other designs are shown in an entry under Jewelry Topics.)
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*Necklapouch is a trademark. All rights reserved by the artists.

See Phyllis Poor's hand-hooked designs at her website, Bower Bird Studios.

Midnight Ice earrings

These earrings feature some gorgeous briolettes of rutilated quartz, along with onyx, Swarovski crystal and silver. These are particularly good quality, with very fine needles of gemstone inclusions or "rutiles" (I believe the black is tourmaline). The textured fine silver bead caps were handmade by me using metal clay (see Jewelry Topics for more examples). Leverback earwires are sterling silver. These exquisite earrings are on sale in my Etsy shop; click the photo for the link.

"Blue Wave" earrings

These pretty earrings feature handmade fine (pure) silver circles that I've hand-textured and finished for this organic effect. The gemstones are blue chalcedony and labradorite. The sterling silver earwires are handcrafted and hammered. These were sold at Divinity's Splendour Glow, but more earrings using my handmade fine silver elements are shown on the Jewelry Topics page, and several are available in my online shop.

"Pearl Girl" bracelet

This cute bracelet features creamy white Swarovski crystal pearls and multicolor Czech glass disks. Closure is a clasp handmade with a mother-of-pearl button and a loop of pearly white Japanese seed beads. For more details or to purchase it online, click the photo.

"Lacy Belles" earrings

Two matching bell-shaped, gorgeously detailed curly agate cabachons are bezel set in hand-fabricated sterling silver "bells", polished to a high gleam. Earwires are handcrafted of sterling silver with a serpentine motif. These one-of-a-kind beauties have been sold.

"Desert Fire" turquoise necklace

Graduated nuggets of turquoise with deep green and teal hues are combined with smaller matching turquoise rondelles, cubes of red jasper and oxidized silverplated disks. The toggle is sterling silver with a perfectly complementing textured design. Click the photo to view the online listing, and look for more turquoise jewelry in my shop. Some matching earrings are also available, or can be custom-ordered.

"Bronze Blossoms" bracelet

This bracelet features pale blue and deep brown in dramatic contrast....the gemstones blue lace agate and smoky quartz, along with detailed antiqued brass bead caps by Vintaj. Its closure is a clasp handmade with a vintage-reproduction Italian brass button and bronzy metallic Japanese glass seed beads. This gorgeous blue version is for sale in my online shop. (Click the photo.) Or, if you'd prefer a pretty pink version, with rose quartz instead of blue lace agate, it's for sale online.

"Chocolate Kiss" earrings

Big, bold faceted briolettes of rich smoky quartz anchor these earrings. They're hand-wrapped with sterling silver wire ending in a swirled fluorish. The sterling silver earwires are also handcrafted. They've been sold, but another pair, to be made to order, is for sale online. Click on the photo for the listing. And another gorgeous pair, Smoke and Pearls, featuring the same size smoky quartz but in combination with Swarovski crystal pearls is also for sale online.

"Peach Sorbet" Keshi pearl necklace

Keshi or "petal" freshwater pearls have the most amazing, organic shapes. They just flutter at your neckline so gracefully! This necklace features peach keshi pearls of very high quality, with sparkly pastel colored ("Silk") Swarovski crystals and tiny sterling silver beads for accent. The clasp is a sterling silver textured box clasp (not shown). "Peach Sorbet" is available for purchase at Firefly Moon (Arlington, MA).

"Teal and Copper Raku" bracelet

A very warm bracelet featuring handmade Raku pottery beads by Texas artist Ruben Yzaguirre, along with copper and teal Czech glass cubes. The hook and eye clasp is handcrafted of copper. This is now on sale in my Etsy shop (click the photo).

"Truffle" necklace

This dramatic necklace focuses on a polished slab of onyx, about 40 by 30 mm, richly banded in black, browns and white. Complementing beads of onyx and smooth, glossy smoky quartz bring it all together, closing with a sterling silver clasp (not shown). This necklace was sold at Divinity's Splendour Glow. Also sold at DSG was a dramatic Mocha Latte necklace with three onyx slabs. With the last of this batch of onyx slabs, the largest one of all, I designed a simple pendant on a Greek leather double cord. This Truffle pendant necklace is available online.

"Sea Mist" earrings

Each of these unique earrings is made from a piece of genuine seaglass, tumbled by the sea to a frosty texture. It is bezel set in a hand-fabricated sterling silver base with an organic shape complementing that of the luminous seaglass. The silver is hand-textured and polished, and the earrings dangle from handcrafted sterling silver earwires. The aqua pair was sold already but the cobalt blue pair is still available for sale online. Click the photo for more information.

"Chrysocola Recycled" pendant necklace

Making new jewelry from found items is satisfying on so many levels -- it's creatively challenging, environmentally friendly, etc. Also, finding these items in yard sales and vintage shops, and thinking about how to use them is, to me, as much fun as any other "treasure hunt". This pendant started out as a brooch, apparently made by an Israeli silversmith, that I found in the Cambridge Antique Market. The gorgeous, huge chrysocola oval stone is set in sterling silver, stamped "Israel" on the back. Age had oxidized the silver which, to me, made it perfect for the stone. I sawed off the pin and ground the back smooth, then made a sterling silver ring that I oxidized and polished to match the metal in the original piece. I then made the matching bead strand, with onyx, chrysocola, and oxidized silver plated spacer beads. This closes with a handcrafted oxidized sterling silver beaded hook and eye clasp (not shown). I thought about selling it, but couldn't bear to give it up. So, for now it's in my personal collection! Though, who knows...maybe it will show up some day in a "junque shop" ;-)

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