MADE TO ORDER - Winter Sparrow Necklace
MADE TO ORDER - Winter Sparrow Necklace
MADE TO ORDER - Winter Sparrow Necklace
MADE TO ORDER - Winter Sparrow Necklace
MADE TO ORDER - Winter Sparrow Necklace

MADE TO ORDER - Winter Sparrow Necklace

Regular price $187.00

Christmas Sparrow

The first thing I heard this morning 
was a soft, insistent rustle, 
the rapid flapping of wings 
against glass as it turned out, 

a small bird rioting 
in the frame of a high window, 
trying to hurl itself through 
the enigma of transparency into the spacious light. 

A noise in the throat of the cat 
hunkered on the rug 
told me how the bird had gotten inside, 
carried in the cold night 
through the flap in a basement door, 
and later released from the soft clench of teeth. 

Up on a chair, I trapped its pulsations 
in a small towel and carried it to the door, 
so weightless it seemed 
to have vanished into the nest of cloth. 

But outside, it burst 
from my uncupped hands into its element, 
dipping over the dormant garden 
in a spasm of wingbeats 
and disappearing over a tall row of hemlocks. 

Still, for the rest of the day, 
I could feel its wild thrumming 
against my palms whenever I thought 
about the hours the bird must have spent 
pent in the shadows of that room, 
hidden in the spiky branches 
of our decorated tree, breathing there 
among metallic angels, ceramic apples, stars of yarn, 

its eyes open, like mine as I lie here tonight 
picturing this rare, lucky sparrow 
tucked into a holly bush now, 
a light snow tumbling through the windless dark.

by Billy Collins

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As long time requested by many of you 

Magical Sparrow arrived

 

Very intricate silversmithed Sparrow sits on a moon against the starry sky. 

Soft matte patina finished. 

As usual. There is no shortcut to create this beauty. I don't cast them, each creature is made by hand, and every dot is one punch of a hammer. 

Diameter: 30 mm

Please send me a message with a perfect chain length. 

 

It will ship in the end of December

Love

L.