Drapped Whorls Necklace: Silver
Oropopo
OROPOPO is a husband and wife duo who make jewelry and leather objects in their New Mexico studio drawing from the iconography of the American Southwest. Karole's professional background is in architecture and structural engineering. The Oropopo name is from her birthplace on the coast of Venezuela. Grady is a native of New Mexico, a writer, and literary editor; he has specialized in desert literature and its aesthetics. Together, they refine a narrative that associates site and culture with contemporary technology.
Inspired by the Fata Morgana or "floating mountain" mirages, the base circle of this design is a single point of view looking up to a curved bar floating above the horizon on radiating shimmer lines. Features a 16 inch leather cord with a silver slider and ends.
19 x 3 inches