This glinting thorn necklace pendant is cast from a Catbrier thorn - a determined and tenacious climbing vine that forms dense thickets when left to its own devices.

NATURAL HISTORY

Smilax rotundifolia

Catbriers, also known as greenbriers, are a tenacious climbing vine that reaches out with tendrils to grow and spread into dense thickets when left to its own devices. The plant blooms with small yellow-green flowers in May and June. Although catbriers cause trouble for gardeners they are an important native species and their berries feed black bears, bluebirds and sparrows and deer feed on their leaves.

Greenbriers take their name from the Greek myth of Crocus and Smilax. Crocus, a mortal man, fell in love with the nymph Smilax and was transformed into a flower and Smilax, the woodland nymph, was transformed into a brambly vine.

METAPHOR

Tenacity and love. The feeling of a summer morning before the heat arrives.

MATERIALS DETAILS

thorn pendant is approximately .47 x .12 inches | 12 x 3 mm

recycled sterling silver / Recycled 14k yellow gold pendant with recycled, oxidized sterling silver chain / Recycled 14k yellow gold

1.1 mm cable chain with spring clasp

available chain length: 18 inches | 45.7 mm