Butterfly Pearl Necklace - Silver & Gold

Inspired by Aotearoa's beautiful native butterflies, Nicki Cliff's kinetic butterfly has delicate silver wings that open to dazzling gold.  Butterflies symbolise renewal, hope and endurance, making this necklace a special keepsake to usher in change for the better. 

• The sterling silver butterfly wings measure 8mm x 15mm.
• They are hand bonded with 14k gold on the inside of the wings
• A tiny cream 3mm freshwater pearl is wrapped onto the wings, creating the butterfly's body.
• The butterfly is suspended from a 450mm sterling silver chain, with a 50mm extender.

Lily Griffin

A love for Aotearoa is the primary inspiration behind Nicki’s beautiful pieces -  “I feel very lucky to have been born in New Zealand.  I remember long lazy school holidays camping in Oakura Bay and Mangawhai Heads, making daisy and buttercup chains, investigating beach rock pools, and going on bush walks through native forests”. Nicki started creating jewellery in 2013, wanting to evoke these memories in her work, and with a background in painting and sculpture, she experimented with porcelain paint and sculpting fine silver. Being totally self-taught meant lots of researching techniques and testing ideas - helping the pieces come to life through handcrafting! All of this is done at her small studio in Auckland, overlooking the family courtyard garden, where Nicki works in between looking after her children; Lily and Griffin.