Etched Agate Dzi-Style Necklace or Dzi Bead Bracelet | Onyx, Hematite & Brass
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You keep reaching for the same three necklaces. This is the one that ends that habit — because it does what all three were doing, in one piece.
What It Carries
💎 Etched Agate — three beads
Made by the technique that produces dzi beads: alkaline paste, then heat, and the pattern is fired permanently into the agate rather than sitting on the surface. These three came out reticulated instead of eyed — dark brown polygons over a pale cream ground, separated by thin light channels. It is giraffe hide, and I have never been able to see anything else in them. Reproduction beads: new agate, old method, no invented age.
💎 Black Onyx
Faceted 6 mm, spacing the agate so each patterned bead gets room to be looked at. The boundary stone — steady, unbothered, quietly firm.
💎 Fair Trade Brass
Solid brass beads from fair trade artisans, with a warm tone plated gold never quite reaches. They are what brings the browns in the agate forward.
✨ Together
Three patterned beads, black facets, warm brass, long chain. Old marks on new stone, on something you can wear to work.
The Bracelet Option
Want it on your wrist instead? The bracelet is its own piece: a black agate eye dzi bead with hematite, silver plated brass and a lobster clasp. Same steady, grounding mood, cooler metal.
How This Was Made
I have been collecting dzi and etched agate for eighteen years. These three sat unused for most of that time — the giraffe pattern is odd enough that nothing ever quite matched it, until the black onyx did. Kelly built it at my bench in Calgary: twelve centimetres of beadwork, brass spacers set by eye, a medallion toggle I chose because it deserved to be seen. One necklace. The beads are gone.
Why You'll Love It
- 62 cm sits below the sternum — no competition with a collar or a scarf.
- The toggle medallion is detailed enough to wear turned to the front.
- Long enough to double if you want it short.
- The beaded section is compact, so it reads as a pendant rather than a bib.
Materials & Details
Necklace
- Total length: 62 cm (24 in)
- Beaded section: 12 cm
- Etched agate beads: 3 round, 10 mm, dzi-style reticulated pattern
- Faceted black onyx: 6 mm
- Accent beads: solid fair trade brass, with gold-tone rondelle spacers
- Chain: gold-plated, nickel-free
- Clasp: detailed medallion toggle
- Weight: 30 g
- Assembled by hand in Calgary by Kelly
Bracelet
- Black agate eye dzi bead with hematite
- Metal: silver plated brass
- Clasp: lobster
Wear It Your Way
Long over a sweater, doubled over a collar, or turned so the toggle sits at the front — that clasp was not designed to hide behind your neck. The matching two-eye dzi bead earrings came out of the same eighteen-year stash, if you want the pair.
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"Eighteen years in a drawer. Three of them, finally out."
