Party Seahorse. $182.00.
This is a fun and unique necklace made using a real tiny pygmy seahorse sealed in a one-of-a-kind resin pendant. All hardware and chain on this necklace is 14kt goldfilled. The beads are faceted golden rutilated quartz and honey jade. Inside the resin pendant is real turquoise, a seashell, chain, gold pigment, and other unique findings. This necklace is golden, warm and definitely striking!
Necklace 16.5″ in length.
*seahorse did naturally
The seahorse did what exactly? That listing has been up for weeks and the seller still hasn’t noticed the typo.
Anyway, maybe I’m anthropomorphizing a bit too much but if I were a seahorse, I wouldn’t want my grave to be some gubbins filled resin coffin.
Posted by Life During Wartime on September 8, 2009 at 7:25 pm
‘The seahorse did what exactly?’
Lost his or her head, looks like. Or is it just the photo? If I am gonna pay that kind of money for a seahorse in a resin coffin (still laughing at that), I want the whole corpse.
Posted by EtsyWTF on September 8, 2009 at 7:30 pm
I think the heads there, it’s just facing down.
Posted by Life During Wartime on September 9, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I found the original listing, and you’re right — his sad little head is there. Some people I know would think this kind of thing is cool, but I couldn’t wear it.
Posted by Max on September 8, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Tag it Vegan and it will make the Front Page!!
Posted by loup on September 8, 2009 at 9:36 pm
I think it means the ‘seahorse died naturally’
as opposed to the seahorse ‘rests in peace naturally’
Posted by EtsyWTF on September 9, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I’m all for preserving them, I just don’t think beads and sequins go together with a seahorse. Just the shell would have been better.
Posted by PussDaddy on September 10, 2009 at 9:35 am
I admit I bought a sea horse in a specimen bottle. It didn’t have sequins and lace and rick rack and sparklies and crap though.
PussDaddy
Posted by Lennymud on September 10, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I looked at it and had to wonder if the seahorse was pregnant when it died, having just recently learned that the male seahorse is the only male animal capable of giving birth. According to the Discovery Channel, this attribute makes female seahorses fight amongst themselves for the attention of the potential spawn-laying male seahorse.
Which means that this is the perfect necklace to go with my little black dress next time I do speed dating at the local fish market.
Posted by susan on September 10, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Save your money. Go to an aquarium. Save the whales. And the seahorses.
Posted by Dagnabbit on September 13, 2009 at 4:27 pm
You can buy dried seahorses on Ebay pretty cheap. It’s not about the PC, it’s about charging so much for a molded acrylic pendant that has very little good design or craftsmanship associated with it.
Posted by EtsyWTF on September 13, 2009 at 5:30 pm
But saying you qualified from design school and that the piece is OOAK means you can charge as much as you want
Posted by Dagnabbit on September 14, 2009 at 8:30 am
Sure, but the market won’t bear it (and nobody wants a resume when they buy something)