Bracelet Faune For Lucy

Stephanie wanted to give something special for her good friend, Lucy, for her 16th birthday. This is what she wrote us:

"Dear Nanna,

The bracelet arrived safely and is beautiful!I

I have known Lucy for nearly six years now and despite the huge age difference (I am 33!) we are great friends and regularly go riding and to horse shows together. I´m giving her the bracelet for her 16th birthday. 

I have loved your bracelets since I bought one made from my own horse over ten years ago! 

Since receiving the bracelet we have found out  Jester sadly had to be put to sleep as he was taken with grass sickness :(.

Love, Stephanie"

Freddie, Lucy’s first pony. 

As a family favourite he will stay with her until the end of his days.

Lucy’s second horse, Jack, a cheeky fun loving chestnut that sadly lacked the talent to take Lucy further.

Lucy’s third horse Jester. Very talented and the pair was great together, but Lucy needed to progress onto bigger horses.

Cooper

Lucy’s latest acquisition. They have just started shows together and will be competing at 1.20 m classes this summer.

All these horses, memorable and dear for Lucy,  are now with her every day

in this bracelet Faune woven with the hair strands of them all.

"Hi, Just wanted to drop you a note to thank you once again for the beautiful work you did on Lucy's bracelet. She was thrilled to receive it and threatened to cry but came through it with lots of big smiles. Definitely a great memento of her horses past and present. Many Thanks, Steph"

Something special for Lucy

Do you wisht to make someone extremely happy?

Or yourself...?

Please, visit our website and see the entire, 

original collection designed by Nanna Salmi.

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Enquiries and orders also by email

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"Diamonds are forever..."

Many of us cut some hair of our horses main or tail to have a hair bundle as a keepsake of our beloved equine company. Long tail hair can be turned into a fine jewellery by nannasalmi, but did you know, that your horse´s hair (or ashes) can be turned into a gemstone, a cremation gemstone, too?

What is a cremation gemstone?

Cremation gemstones can be made of only a few grams of hair or a few hundred grams of ashes. The result is a "memory diamond”.

The body or hair of any living creature contains ca. 18% carbon, whilst diamonds are pure carbon. To turn hair or ashes into a gemstone takes some technology, whereas natural diamonds are minerals that form underground over billions of years.

In the first stage of the process the biogenic material is chemically prepared. The elements are obtained from the biogenic material in question, be it ash or hair. Because these elements vary from horse to horse they represent the uniqueness of every horse. After this the elements are prepared to allow a crystal to grow from them.

                                                   "Looks amazing!"

The gemstone is created in 2000 °C. The extracted elements are integrated into the gemstone's lattice structure. This process takes from 1 to 2 days, depending on its size.

Finally the professional gemstone cutters finish the stone and give raw crystal its shape.

Source and photo Mevisto, Austria

Last fall we received an email from Austria. 

Birgit had had a gemstone made of her late Arabian´s ashes. 

Photo by Birgit Brosenbauer, Foto Brosenbauer

You don´t have to settle for ordinary...

Although the company offered the possibility to have the gemstone setted in an ordinary piece of jewellery, Birgit wished to use the stone in a very special jewellery.

We thought that the idea was fantastic: a gemstone and the ribbon together,

what a touching and wonderful keepsake! 

Custom choker Puella in white gold, ribbon ’hair stripe’, gemstone with a bezel setting. 

”Thank you very much, the cooperation was a pleasure for me! Thank you so much for everything."

If you wish to have something like this, please, contact us by email

minna.maattanen@nannasalmi.com

necklace Puella, special edition

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