Kurma Avatar inspired necklace - Vishnu's second incarnation

Right after I first made my First necklace on Vishnu's incarnation - Matsya Avatar, 

I was so curious to make a series on Vishnu's Incarnation.

I have already made two out of his 10 incarnation, Matsya the first, and Krishna the eight.

Now my eye was on second incarnation, "Kurma".

The Story of Kurma Avatar : During the "Samudra Manthan", as the mount Mandara began to sink down to the ocean, Lord Vishnu taking the form KURMA bore the entire mountain on his back.

Kurma means Turtle, and to create that as a necklace was a good challenge. IT has to look like Vishnu's incarnation and it also has to look good as a necklace..

Well, sharing my third necklace in Vishnu's Incarnation series. 

"Kurma Avatar" 

Vishnu's face pendent with turtle body.

For turtle, first I made Dome shaped hollow bead with my gold and green cane, then attached face and legs.

It took some three days to figure out and finish this pendent.

For the chain, I made Lotus beads. Lotus is a favorite flower of Lord Vishnu, and it was something came to my mind first. Then I added gold seed beads and green wood beads to complete it.

Here is the full necklace!

IT was really a fun project and a good test for my imaginations as-well. 

I am so happy the way I have created it.

So, what you think about this one??

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Vishnu's Matsya Avatar inspired necklace.

Most of my designs has Indian flavor.

Being a devotee of Krishna, I try to incorporate Krishna in all my work.

Recently I am working on Matsya-Avatar painting on my canvas, and that thought lead me to create such a beautiful and divine neck-piece.

Talking about Matsya Avatar, the First incarnation of Lord Vishnu in form of Fish.

To read more about the Avatar, sharing link of Wikipedia here.

Establishing a mythological subject in a form of a jewelry was indeed difficult.

Where I have to make sure that the story is going well as a jewelry.

Sharing a picture of WIP.

Talking about detailing in the necklace,
 I have added Fish, clay stripes as water, flower / Lotus and Face of Lord Vishnu.

And surprisingly the output was incredible!

I have made this necklace with the techniques of Indian Terracotta clay Art, and so the look of the necklace is just like a piece of terracotta jewelry.

Here is the final necklace.

Since Krishna is 8th incarnation of Vishnu, 

I have added a peacock feather, Krishna's face in this necklace.

Since the necklace was appreciated by many people on my Facebook page,

 (because I shared it first there- Sorry!! )Now I have decided to make it in colors. 

I have not started working on it, but as soon as I finish it, I'll update it in my next blog post.

Till then stay connected!!