Wood & Sterling Silver Bar Necklace, Vertical Metal Inlay

A slim vertical wood bar with a single line of metal set flush into the grain. It is quiet and modern, the kind of piece you reach for every day. Choose your wood and whether the inlay is sterling silver or brass, and it hangs on an adjustable sterling silver chain.

Materials and craft

I cut each bar from solid hardwood, rout a fine channel, and inlay the metal by hand so it sits level with the wood. Sterling silver reads bright and cool against darker woods; brass brings a warmer, vintage line. Every bar is sanded smooth, finished with food-safe oil and beeswax, and made in my one-person studio in Hamilton, Ohio.

Details

• Pendant: wood bar, approximately 2 inches by 3/8 inch
• Inlay: your choice of sterling silver or brass, set into the wood
• Wood: nine options, Canarywood, Cedar, Cherry, Maple, Olivewood, Orangeheart, Purpleheart, Redheart, Walnut
• Chain: sterling silver, adjustable 18 to 20 inches
• Finish: food-safe oil and beeswax
• Made to order: cut and finished after you order, ships in 3 to 5 business days
• Packaging: ships on a plantable seed paper card; add a gift box at checkout and it still ships on the seed paper
• Made in: Hamilton, Ohio

Care

Keep it dry when you can and wipe it with a soft cloth. If the wood looks dry over time, refresh it with a drop of food-safe mineral oil or my Wood Butter.

A wood anniversary keepsake

Wood is the traditional fifth-anniversary gift, and the mix of warm wood and real metal makes this an easy one to give, for an anniversary, a birthday, or just because. Because each wood has its own grain, no two bars are exactly alike.

Gives back: every order plants 2 trees, recovers 6 ocean-bound plastic bottles, and protects 20 bees through Greenspark.