THE WHOLENESS OF A BROKEN HEART By Katie Singer Published by Riverhead Books / Penguin Putnam The Novelist Makes Necklaces   Show All Necklaces Earrings Bracelets old Chinese earplugs (low-grade silver) Majapahet glass burial beads, 1,000 years old Afgani glass and jade silver from India handwoven cord Enlargement old glass cylinder from area now called Nepal Moroccan amber Chinese turquoise handwoven cord Enlargement New Guinea brideprice shells various findings – bone, cowrie shells, lotus seeds, etc. five feet long Enlargement New Guinea turtle shell handwoven cord Enlargement 19th century Chinese jade dragon handwoven cord Enlargement African brass and abanene nuts handwoven cord Enlargement Nagaland (India) jasper African copper and glass handwoven cord  Enlargement 1,000 year-old glass beads from the area now called Thailand Vermeil gold handwoven cord Enlargement abalone buttons from Pakistan handwoven cord Enlargement Ethiopian silver button is Moroccan amber handwoven cord Enlargement jade burial bead – “money for heaven” from the area now considered the border of China + Myanmar handwoven cord Enlargement old agates + carnelian from India African brass handwoven cord Enlargement old Czech glass old silver from India handwoven cord Enlargement ancient carnelian beads old silver from around India handwoven cord Enlargement Hebron stones, 4,000 years old Vermeil gold handwoven cord Enlargement piece of a New Guinea shell handwoven cord Enlargement African snake spine crocodile teeth and cowrie shells from New Guinea old Chinese turquoise bead handwoven cord Details African jasper beads  (the traders told me they're 300 years old) African and Turkman bronze handwoven cord Details bronze beads, likely from Cameroon handwoven cord Details tea-stained beads from Thailand old Chinese turquoise bronze spacers handwoven cord Details African snake spine rock from Ibiza supplied by commissioner handwoven cord Details brideprice shells from New Guinea handwoven cord Detail brideprice heishi from New Guinea shell found in Florida handwoven buttonhole Details Turkman amulets on a rope for a goat hemp woven over frayed cord Details heart rocks from Michigan handwoven cord Details New Guinea kwalia shells (they're used as money by New Guinea women) handwoven cord Details old Navajo silver beads handwoven cord Details African jasper and bronze handwoven cord Details New Guinea shell hairpiece kwalia shell handwoven cord Details green jade found circa 2001 at the border of what's now Burma and China while a new road was built about 5,000 years old, this jade would be placed on a dead body during burial to provide money for heaven. handwoven cord Details Prices are available on request. If you're interested in commissioning a piece, please email katie@katiesinger.com. (She checks email only once or twice a week. Her phone number is listed in Santa Fe, New Mexico.) Reading Guide | Audio Excerpts Katie's Favorites | Katie's Essays The Novelist Makes Jewelry Contact/Bio | Tour Schedule Home Copyright © 1999-2007 by Katie Singer. All rights reserved. Photo of Katie Singer by Herbert Lotz.