'Almost Iris'

Larkspur knows how to pretend. So does bluebell. Together, arranged against a painted ground with marigold fragments playing the role of gold throat, they become something that is almost iris — that holds the silhouette of iris, the color of iris, the upright formality of iris — without being iris at all.

There is a kind of intelligence in a flower that can impersonate another flower so convincingly. It suggests the impersonation was always the point.

This pendant is for the woman who knows that almost is sometimes more interesting than exactly.