I thought it would be really fun to share some behind the scenes info with you. It’s easy to look at a piece and say oh that’s pretty but when we can see the work behind it I feel that’s when we can really start to appreciate the details.

First I start my cutting out all 3 shapes out and then I make the tiny internal cuts before hammering everything. The Australia is so small that almost every time I hammer it, it will go flying across the room. It sounds funny but when I have to get on my hands and knees to search the floor I’m certainly not laughing.

Once I locate the tiny Australia I drill all 8 tiny holes. Then all edges get sanded and smoothed out and all 3 pieces go in the tumbler with other jewelry to get even smoother and all shiny.

Finally all 3 shapes slowly come together with 3 jump rings until the World Map is together. The remaining 2 jump rings attach the chain to the map.

The last stage of the process is to package the necklace up and ship it out to a lover of maps, a world traveler, someone that wants to see the world, or someone always on the hunt for something unique and beautiful.

The World Map Necklace also comes in gold fill and you can find it and other beautiful pieces in the shop.