Patricia's Briar Copper Necklace
Patricia's Briar Copper Necklace
What My Customers Are Saying
I've always thought a necklace is the most intimate piece you can make. A bracelet moves with your arm. A ring works with your hand. But a necklace rests against your chest — close to everything that matters, all day long.
I made this one with that in mind.
Every heart-shaped link was formed individually and connected by hand, one to the next, until the chain found its own weight and drape. There's no shortcut to that kind of work. You either do it right or you don't do it. I've never been interested in the alternative.
My neighbor Edna wore a copper necklace every day for the last thirty years of her life. She said she put it on one morning when her circulation had been poor all winter and simply never took it off. I asked her once what she thought it did for her. She looked at me like I'd asked why she bothered eating breakfast.
Copper worn close to the body is one of the oldest instincts a person can follow. Long before anyone studied it or wrote about it, people were reaching for it. The ones who wear it daily tend to keep reaching for it. I've watched that long enough to trust it completely.
This necklace was one of the last I made in my Coalgate workshop before I closed it for good. It's finished, it's ready, and I hope it finds someone who keeps it close for a long time.
Material: 99.9% Pure Copper
Size: 530 × 8 × 3mm
Most of what gets sold as copper jewelry online is plated — a thin copper wash over steel or brass that looks right in a photograph and feels wrong the moment it's in your hand. It fades. It doesn't work. And it gives real copper a reputation it doesn't deserve.
Here's the test I tell everyone to do the day their order arrives:
Pull a magnet off your refrigerator. Hold it against the piece. Real copper has no iron in it — a magnet won't respond to it at all. If it sticks even a little, it's not pure copper. Send me a photo and I'll refund you on the spot, no back-and-forth needed.
Mine has never failed that test in fifty years. I don't expect it to start now.
These pieces are already made. Every one of them was shaped by my hands in the workshop here in Coalgate — finished and ready, waiting for the right person.
When you order, I pack it myself, wrap it carefully, and get it out the door within 1 to 3 business days. No waiting on production. Just one of the last pieces I'll ever make, on its way to you.
Pure copper changes with wear — it darkens, deepens, takes on a warmth that the bright new finish doesn't have. Most of my long-time customers prefer it that way. They say it starts to look like theirs.
When you want to bring the shine back, mix a little lemon juice with a pinch of table salt. Rub it gently over the surface, rinse with warm water, dry it well. That's all it takes. Nothing special. Nothing you don't already have in your kitchen.
For the full care guide, click HERE
I ship free to every corner in the world. No minimum order, no codes, nothing to figure out at checkout.
Every order leaves my workshop hand-packed — wrapped the way I'd wrap something I was sending to a neighbor, not dropped in a poly bag by a machine. It matters to me that it arrives the way it was meant to.
Once your order ships you'll get a tracking number so you can follow it home.
United States: 5–12 Business Days
International: 6–15 Business Days
