Flying Spaghetti Monster OrnamentDecember 2009 Sterling silver, resin beads, Czech glass beads I was asked to make a Christmas ornament of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and I didn't want to do a simple cutout of the common flat design or repeat myself with the Japanese FSM that I'd already done. I decided to go 3D, and to add some beads for eyes and meatballs to do His Noodley Appendages justice.

Alexandrite is an amazing stone

Sometimes known as a God's Hand or the Hand of Fatima

instead of using Italian alabaster

Arizona black jade

delicate sterling band on the outside

the polyp-like elements of the outer circles became the still-furled pinnae on the petiole of a hāpu‘u fern's crosier

Although we originally considered four side stones total (two on each side)

and immediately set about (no pun intended) setting stones on the inside of a ring

The Lubavitch synagogue of Fort Washington

The pendant with bezel is 34mm (1 ⅜") diameter

and a large metal hand makes a pretty good shield

so not only was winter over but I was never going to have to live through a full winter again