{"title":"Collar Necklaces","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWorn close to the throat, collars change the architecture of everything around them. These pieces reframe a neckline, a silhouette, an entire look. Powerful personal adornment at its most intentional.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"aura-quartz-collar-43","title":"Aura Quartz Collar #43","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMagic is possible. This piece makes me believe that every time I look at it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAura quartz is quartz that has been treated with a thin metallic coating — in this case producing that extraordinary rainbow iridescence that shifts from green to violet to gold to black depending on the light and the angle. It is man-made in process but not in feeling. The result is something that looks like it was found at the bottom of a tide pool on a planet with two suns — alien, alive, completely impossible to look away from.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe stone itself protrudes from the setting — three-dimensional, present, demanding to be noticed. Around it, a hand-sculpted setting finished with 24 carat gold leaf and pure copper leaf — two metals, two temperatures of light, working together the way fire and earth work together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the cord is where this piece becomes something else entirely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am a maker in every sense of the word. I sew, I knit, I weave, I crochet. My hands need to be making something — always have. With this piece I made a decision that the cord itself would be part of the art — not a functional afterthought but a deliberate element of the work. The macramé is hand-woven in cracked black leather, the particular pattern of a regular macramé knot creating a dense, tactile, completely handmade cord that sits against the neck the way a collar should — close, confident, completely present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe cracked leather is intentional. Like the patina on bronze, like the phantom inside a crystal — the marks of time and use are not flaws. They are the piece telling you it has lived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAura quartz works with all chakras — its rainbow spectrum touches every energy centre simultaneously, making it a stone of alignment, joy and the particular kind of wonder that arrives when you stop expecting the world to be ordinary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMATERIALS \u0026amp; DIMENSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRainbow aura quartz drusy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e24K gold leaf, pure copper leaf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand-sculpted setting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand-woven cracked black leather macramé cord\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage bronze clasp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight: 80.7 g \/ 2.82 oz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePendant: 7 cm \/ 2.73 in wide, 2.5 cm \/ 0.98 in tall, 4 cm \/ 1.56 in deep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of a kind. Made once. Yours alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa Marie Armstrong Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64262011126109,"sku":null,"price":990.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1054\/9008\/8285\/files\/BF8339B8-5D88-4A9A-AEF6-CD3D0B1A29E1.jpg?v=1776698099"},{"product_id":"quartz-star-26","title":"Quartz Star #26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Brazilian quartz cluster that decided, entirely on its own terms, to grow in the shape of a star. Crystal points radiating outward in every direction — catching light from angles you didn't expect, throwing it back in ways you couldn't predict. This is not a polished, perfected thing. It is raw, specific, and completely itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt hangs on a vintage steel with copper plated chain with a vintage clasp — copper being the most alive of metals, the one that responds to the world around it most honestly. Over time the chain will deepen and warm, developing the particular rich patina that only untreated copper can produce. It is already beautiful. It will only become more so.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuartz is the great amplifier — it takes whatever energy you bring to it and magnifies it. Clear, honest, unfiltered. It works with the crown chakra, bringing clarity and light. A piece for a woman who knows exactly who she is and wants something around her neck that matches that frequency.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt 132 grams, this piece has real presence. You will feel it. So will everyone in the room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne small note of loving advice: when wearing this piece, embrace the people you love with a little more mindfulness than usual. Those crystal points will make an impression — in more ways than one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMATERIALS \u0026amp; DIMENSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrazilian quartz cluster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand-sculpted setting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage copper chain and clasp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight: 132 g \/ 4.62 oz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePendant: 4.5 cm \/ 1.76 in wide, 7.5 cm \/ 2.93 in tall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChain length: 39 cm \/ 15.21 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of a kind. Made once. Yours alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa Marie Armstrong Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64292659626333,"sku":null,"price":990.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1054\/9008\/8285\/files\/00ECFDC6-C5AB-446E-AA66-49378A7B02F8.jpg?v=1776841743"},{"product_id":"pyrite-cut-quartz-collar-31","title":"Pyrite \u0026 Cut Quartz Collar #31","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is something almost architectural about this piece. A collar that sits close to the neck like armour — but armour that catches fire in the light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt its centre, a raw pyrite cluster — fool's gold in name only. Pyrite is iron sulfide, one of the most dramatically beautiful minerals in existence, sitting so close to metal that it practically is one. It throws light with the particular confidence of something that has nothing to prove. The large faceted quartz beads that form the collar have been in my studio for twenty years — waiting, as the best stones always do, for exactly the right piece to become part of. Strung on steel wire with 925 silver beads and fastened with a repurposed closure, the result is something that feels both ancient and completely of this moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePyrite works with the solar plexus chakra — it is a stone of confidence, willpower and the particular kind of courage that comes from knowing your own strength. Quartz amplifies everything it touches. Together they make a piece for a woman who walks into a room and changes the temperature of it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA note on care: Pyrite contains iron and should be kept away from water — even prolonged humidity can cause it to oxidise slightly over time. 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Made once. Yours alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa Marie Armstrong Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64300680642909,"sku":null,"price":990.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1054\/9008\/8285\/files\/7F46389B-4964-417F-93BE-BFD8FF08B476.jpg?v=1776879723"},{"product_id":"quartz-obsidian-collar-32","title":"Quartz \u0026 Obsidian Collar #32","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack and white. Night and light. A collar that sits at the throat with the quiet authority of something that has already decided everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe faceted obsidian beads have been in my studio for twenty years. I have always loved them for the reason most people miss entirely — obsidian looks black at first glance, but look into it and it reveals itself. A silvery ash running through the darkness, a depth that has nothing to do with the surface. This is volcanic glass — born from lava, cooled in an instant, preserving inside it the particular energy of the earth in its most elemental state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese beads remind me of Central Oregon, near the dormant volcano of Mt. Bachelor. Ancient lava flows stretch across that landscape, and obsidian is simply there — lying in the fields, embedded in the earth, as ordinary and extraordinary as everything else in that wild, beautiful country. I spent time there with my family when I was young. That landscape lives in me. It lives in these beads.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe centrepiece is a Brazilian quartz drusy — a crystal nugget I found at a trade fair, its surface covered in thousands of tiny crystal points that catch light like fresh snow. What struck me immediately was its form — exactly the right oval, exactly the right height and length, as though it had been waiting to sit precisely here, in the centre of this collar, between these particular beads. Some combinations simply announce themselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteel wire, vintage closure. Everything exactly as it should be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObsidian works with the root chakra — protection, truth, and the particular courage it takes to look clearly at what is. Quartz brings light and amplification through the crown chakra. Together they create a piece that is at once grounding and illuminating — a reminder that darkness and light are not opposites. They are companions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMATERIALS \u0026amp; DIMENSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage faceted obsidian beads (studio collection, 20 years)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrazilian quartz drusy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteel wire, vintage closure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight: 192 g \/ 6.72 oz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCentre stone: 3 cm \/ 1.17 in wide, 1.2 cm \/ 0.47 in tall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollar outer circumference: 48.5 cm \/ 18.92 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollar inner circumference: 36.3 cm \/ 14.16 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of a kind. Made once. Yours alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa Marie Armstrong Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64312497340765,"sku":null,"price":990.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1054\/9008\/8285\/files\/591E0770-3052-41E6-8856-1B45B7DC7E3B.jpg?v=1776942726"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1054\/9008\/8285\/collections\/591E0770-3052-41E6-8856-1B45B7DC7E3B.jpg?v=1779615613","url":"https:\/\/shop.lisamariearmstrong.com\/collections\/collar-necklaces.oembed","provider":"Lisa Marie Armstrong Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}