This unique jewelry is made by creating molds directly from botanical elements, similar to lost wax casting. While traditional lost-wax casting begins with a hand-carved wax model, Michael Michaud uses an actual leaf, branch, or flower instead of the wax model. A mold is created around the botanical element and as it is heated the plant matter burns away and leaves behind a beautifully detailed mold of itself.

Handfuls of tangy berries eaten on the spot make for memories of climbing favorite mountains, of seeing autumn slopes washed with deep blue where blueberry bushes cover the ridges. In addition to their medicinal properties, the fresh springtime leaves make an excellent tea.

• Cast in bronze
• Accented with blue lapis lazuli berries.
• The posts are 925 silver.
• 0.6" W