{"id":21059,"date":"2013-06-10T01:21:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T05:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=21059"},"modified":"2013-06-13T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T14:09:23","slug":"the-mother-of-dragons-and-other-jewelry-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/the-mother-of-dragons-and-other-jewelry-designs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mother of Dragons (and Other Jewelry Designs)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Game of Thrones<\/em><\/a>, the character of Daenerys Targaryen i<\/a>s known as the Mother of Dragons.<\/p>\n

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Daenerys with a newborn dragon. Click for video.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is the mother of my dragon<\/a> — and other highly detailed\/hidden treasure — jewelry designs. It’s a dragon-shaped bell that I got in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

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I wrote about this little critter in January<\/a>:<\/p>\n

” …. I found a man selling a silver bell shaped like a dragon. The artist told me it was a ‘happy dragon.’ I had to ask: why was it happy? ‘Because he had a really good knight,’ the guy said, turning the dragon over to show me the tiny knight-shaped bell clapper inside. I thought that was the cutest!thing!ever! I bought it, and you can see from my jewelry designs that the concept of hidden treasures left a huge impression on me.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the knight inside the dragon.<\/p>\n

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His face is blank so he could be happy … or sad. Hard to say.<\/p><\/div>\n

You can see the dragon bell’s influence in a lot of my work but the most recent example is my 18K-gold Jonah and the Whale Maneater ring<\/a>. Here’s the diamond whale swimming in a sapphire sea on the outer part of the ring …<\/p>\n

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Click for more information.<\/p><\/div>\n

… and the white-gold Jonah on the inside of the ring.<\/p>\n

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Click for additional photos. Price upon request.<\/p><\/div>\n

I found the dragon bell when I visited my parents’ house last month<\/a> to clear out some of my childhood things. It was the No. 1 item on my wishlist, and I’m so thrilled to have it! My Empress Wu dragon earrings and ring can now spend quality time with their direct ancestor.<\/p>\n

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Close-up of my award-winning Empress Wu dragon earrings. Click for more photos.<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Game of Thrones, the character of Daenerys Targaryen is known as the Mother of Dragons. Here is the mother of my dragon — and other highly detailed\/hidden treasure — jewelry designs. It’s a dragon-shaped bell that I got in the 1980s. I wrote about this little critter in January: ” …. I found a…<\/p>\n

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