“Grounded” was hand-carved from a piece of Wyoming Olive Jade, a nephrite boulder found by the artist, Ryan Spangler, in the high desert outside of Lander, WY.

This piece is strung on brown nylon cord with a hand-carved accent bead and matching sliding beads for adjusting cord length.

Note from the Artist: Mushrooms have many powerful meanings. Growing up, my grandmother would take me into the woods near her house in Northern California. There, she taught me how to identify and responsibly harvest wild mushrooms.

Every fall, her and I still venture into the woods and visit our secret sweet spots to collect the delicate fungi together. My first carving ever was a design of three little mushrooms, paying tribute to this wonderful fungi and to her: my teacher, critic and precious matriarch.

Pendant approximately L 1 9/16” x W 2 3/8“ x D 1/2“ 39g

Carved in 2019.