Amber Gemstones Viking Knit Necklace

This piece is a work of love - of the Viking Knit technique and Amber.  Silver chain was hand-woven in the Viking Knit technique then nuggets of Baltic Amber were "stitched" with wire to float around the silver.

Viking Knit is an ancient method used by the old Scandinavians to create ornamental embellishment by weaving metal wire to form tubes. Since it was easy to convey and exchange the silver in this form, Viking Knit may also have been used as a currency. Viking Knit has been found in ancient grave sites as an embellishment on artifacts.

Argentium silver is a modern pure silver alloy that has only been formulated since the 1990s and highly resistant to tarnish due to a new alloy with Germanium. This alloy forms an invisible protective barrier that greatly slows down the tarnishing process.

Length:  24"

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