waxing poetic 2016 catalog

S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2016

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Dear Friends,

Much has changed for Waxing Poetic in 2015 — we’ve had new discoveries and

breakthroughs, we’ve weeded out the needless and unnecessary, and we’ve committed

ourselves, our artisans, our designers, and our brand to make this year be a

genuine, sincere, and emphatic return to form.

In this catalog you will recognize both old friends and new forms, updates on former

favorites, strong statement pieces and tiny, telling pieces of your personal vocabulary

or the very best parts of your very best friend — and more. But not too much more,

because too much stuff equals not much soul — and we’d rather have the latter

than lose our ability to notice, share, highlight, engage with, be awestruck by,

delighted over, moved deeply by the wonder from which each of our overlapping and

interconnected ordinary, beautiful, amazing, loved, and blessed loves is made

— and use wax and metal and heart to share to honor it and each other.

With much love,

S I G N I F Y

Who or what defines us?

Is it the name we were given, the name we gave ourselves? A particular initial, a handful of letters, a set of characters for each of us and most beloved others?

Or a suite of sweet andwryly telling pieces of yourpersonal vocabulary, perhaps? Yes. Yes to all of it, in different ways,in all their appropriate intervals. For each our own.


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A ARROW OF ARTEMIS

C HAND OF FATIMA

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B APHRODITE’S PROMISE

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A ARROW OF ARTEMIS | 1/2” | SUPR2MS-ARWB APHRODITE’S PROMISE | 5/8” | SUPR2MS-APH

C HAND OF FATIMA | 1/2” | SUPR2MS-HANDD SUN OF ATHENA | 5/8” | SUPR2MS-SUNE PSYCHE’S TRUTH | 3/8” | SUPR2MS-PSYC

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Inspired by moments of significant symbolism, transformation, wonder, and beauty in myths and legends of the world over faith,

miraculous saints, and epic heroes, this group of poignantly considered pieces is designed to enchant and

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Sometimes it is others’ stories thathelp us find our truest selves.

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Inspired by Nature, a wee worldof wearable wonder.


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A perfect afternoonthe story you were waiting forthe secret about –(you know the one)

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Finally and suddenly itmakes sense.And the waitingit was utterlyand entirelywortheverything(like you)


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how you wish you could keep italways with you,

that intuitive & gentle perfectand then you realize

that you canand you are

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…we all each have a place in the sky, just now even to peer outward and inward and shine.


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How did ‘sparkling’ fall out as

an adjective for cheer and delight? You can bring it back.

We’ll help.


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Remember the fragmentsyou might have forgotten but that have left metaphoric traces in your pocketsas proof of your journey


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For your family, inherited or chosen. For your dearhearts. For your darlings.

For the ones who anchor your heart. For the ones who set you free.

For the ones who remind you to be who you are. For all of them, and that,

but most importantly, for you.


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That smile never ceases to buckle your knees.Make your own (smile) crooked, laughing with relish

at what you may have both noticed...the best kind of conspiracy.

B E L I E V EThe part of things where everything and nothing make sense and where you still feel safe and held.

Where we are moved, and most loved. Where faith lives, in some part, in all of us.

T R A N S F O R M A T I V E L O V E P E N D A N TSTERLING SILVER & BRASS | 1-1/4” | TL4MS | $150

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RenewRe-inventRestage a favoriteRehearse a familiar but renewed and thus new scenario

recall a forgotten wave

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C H A I N S | C O N N E C T

C O N N E C THold it all together. Connect the elements.

Fix things so they work perfectly (for you). Learn from the links, and let them help.

Love the layering (of stories and secrets and different parts of yourself).

Share more (or less) proof of your journey.Shine while doing it.

L O V E W I L L A L W A Y S F I N D U S C H A I N S

U N I V E R S E C H A I N STERLING SILVER & BRASS | 2.5MM | 18”, M85-18-UNIV, $51

G A L A X Y C H A I N | STERLING SILVER & BRASS | 2.5MM | 18”, M85-18-GXY, $59 | 28”, M85-28-GXY, $77

WAY F I N D E R | BRASS & STERLING SILVER | 4MM | 18”, M75-18, $79 | 32”, M75-32, $108

WAY F I N D E R | STERLING SILVER | 4MM | 18”, S75-18, $99 | 32”, S75-32, $149new

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B A B Y B A L L STERLING SILVER | 16” AND 18” - 1.2MM | 20” AND 30” - 1.5MM16”, S01-16, $26 | 18”, S01-18, $29 | 20”, S01-20, $33 | 30”, S01-30, $51

B A B Y B A L L GOLD PLATED STERLING SILVER | 1.2MM | 16”, G01-16, $44 | 18”, G01-18, $46

E V E R L A S T I N G E S S E N C E STERLING SILVER & BRONZE | 3.3MM | 24”, MZ43-24, $143

E V E R L A S T I N G E S S E N C E STERLING SILVER | 3.3MM | 24”, S43-24, $242

E V E R L A S T I N G I N S I G H T STERLING SILVER & BRONZE | 6MM | 18” W/ 2” EXT, MZ55-18, $198

E V E R L A S T I N G P R E S E N C E BRONZE & STERLING SILVER | 4MM | 18”, MZ33-18, $121

E V E R L A S T I N G P R E S E N C E STERLING SILVER & BRONZE | 4.5MM | 18”, SZ33-18, $165

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F R E E D O M C R O S S BRASS & STERLING SILVER | 4MM | 18” W/ 2” EXT, M60-18, $77

F R E E D O M C R O S S BRONZE & STERLING SILVER | 4MM | 48”, MZ60-48, $187

L A R G E R O L O STERLING SILVER | 5MM18”, S03-18, $211 | 28”, S03-28, $385 | 36”, S03-36, $495

M E D I U M R O L O STERLING SILVER | 3MM16” W/ 2” EXT, S02-16, $132 | 18” W/ 2” EXT, S02-18, $145 | 24”, S02-24, $167 | 28”, S02-28, $229 | 36”, S02-36, $275

D O U B L E L I N K R O L O BRASS & STERLING SILVER | 5MM | 18”, M17-18, $92

D O U B L E L I N K R O L O STERLING SILVER | 5MM | 18”, S17-18, $143

S M A L L R O L O STERLING SILVER | 2.5MM | 18”, S04-18, $42 | 30”, S04-30, $51

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M E D I U M T W I S T E D L I N K W/ S I LV E R R I N G S BRASS & STERLING SILVER | 5.3MM | 18”, M25-18, $66 | 36”, M25-36, $121

M E D I U M T W I S T E D L I N K STERLING SILVER | 5.3MM | 32”, S16-32, $189

M E D I U M T W I S T E D L I N K W/ B R A S S R I N G S STERLING SILVER & BRASS | 5.3MM | 18”, M24-18, $132

T W I S T E D L I N K W/ S I LV E R R I N G S STERLING SILVER | 5MM | 18”, S12-18, $81 | 20”, S12-20, $90 | 30”, S12-30, $112

T W I S T E D L I N K BRASS | 2.5MM | 18”, B13-18, $37 | 30”, B13-30, $44

T W I S T E D L I N K W/ B R A S S R I N G S STERLING SILVER & BRASS | 5MM | 18”, M12-18, $68 | 20”, M12-20, $73 | 30”, M12-30, $95

T W I S T E D L I N K STERLING SILVER | 2.5MM | 18”, S13-18, $66 | 24”, S13-24, $73 | 30”, S13-30, $84

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M I N U E T C H A I N STERLING SILVER | 1.6MM | 18”, S80-18, $42

M I N U E T C H A I N GOLD FILLED | 1.6MM | 18”, G80-18, $55

M I R A C U L O U S STERLING SILVER, BRASS & PRECIOSA GOLD BEADS | 5MM | 28”, M19-28, $99

P I P I N N E C K L A C E BRASS | 2MM | 18”, B90-18, $35 | 28”, B90-28, $46 | 38”, B90-38, $53

P I P I N N E C K L A C E STERLING SILVER & SILVER PLATED BRASS | 2MM | 18”, S90-18, $44 | 28”, S90-28, $57 | 28”, S90-28, $64

T H I N C A B L E W/ B R A S S B E A D S STERLING SILVER & BRASS | 3MM | 18”, S35-18, $66 | 24”, S35-24, $81 | 30”, S35-30, $88

F L AT C A B L E STERLING SILVER | 1.5MM | 18”, S10-18, $51

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S T R O P E L E AT H E R N E C K L A C E BLACK LEATHER & STERLING SILVER | 1.5MM | 18”, S85-18-BLK, $35 | 30”, S85-30-BLK, $44

S T R O P E L E AT H E R N E C K L A C E METALLIC GREY LEATHER & STERLING SILVER | 1.5MM | 18”, S85-18-MTL, $35 | 30”, S85-30-MTL, $44

T H E A N S W E R BRASS & SILVER PYRITE | 2.5MM | 16” W/ 2” EXT, M22-16-SLV, $55 | 30”, M22-30-SLV, $97

T H I N C A B L E W/ P E A R L S STERLING SILVER & FRESHWATER PEARL | 3MM 16”, S30-16, $53 | 18”, S30-18, $59 | 20”, S30-20, $64 | 30”, S30-30, $88

FAV O R I T E M U S E C L I O SPINEL & BRASS | 4MM | 38”, S20-38, $198

FAV O R I T E M U S E T H A L I A PYRITE & BRASS | 4MM | 38”, B20-38, $198

S T A N Z A 3 C L I P N E C K L A C ESTERLING SILVER | 18” WITH 2” EXTENDER | STNZ5SS-3 | $286

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R O S A R Y26” W/ 1-1/2” CHARM

FRESHWATER PEARL, BRONZE & CRYSTAL | M431-2 | $106FRESHWATER PEARL, SILVER PLATED BRASS & CRYSTAL | M431-1 | $118


All those pieces of laughterlike little scattershot shimmering

and so much heart inside youinside each of us

if they could be made tangibleeven for a momentwould we see them

each differently?

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L A R G E R O L O7” - 8-1/4”

STERLING SILVER | S034 | $99BRASS | B034 | $37

O N G O I N G B A L L A DSTERLING SILVER | 8” | S054 | $396

M E D I U M R O L O7” - 8-1/4”

STERLING SILVER | S024 | $66BRASS | B024 | $29

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N E S T E L L E A T H E R B R A C E L E T4MM ROUND NAPPA LEATHER, STERLING SILVER & STAINLESS STEEL MAGNETIC BARREL CLASP | 15” | $33

EBONY | NES7MS-EBNYSADDLE | NES7MS-SDL

B R A I D E D L E A T H E R B R A C E L E TBLACK LEATHER & STERLING SILVER | 7-1/2” | LB64 | $33

CHOCOLATE LEATHER & STERLING SILVER | 7-1/2” | LC64 | $33

C U R A T O R B A L L7” - 8” | BRASS | CUR7BR | $59

7” - 8” | STERLING SILVER | CUR7SS | $185

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W A X I N G P O E T I C | A B O U T

A B O U T WA X I N G P O E T I C

Waxing Poetic jewelry, charms, objects, and general amusements come to you from Carpinteria, California, by way of designer Patti Pagliei Simpson, her intimate coterie of friends and family (sisters in particular): like-minded artists, dreamers, adventurers, and raconteurs. We make things we love, and hope you like them too.

We believe that faith, risk, hope, and joy are inextricably bound, and never mutually exclusive. Adventure and routine are strange, and sometimes lovely, cousins. There is a way to write the lines in between all of us, and in our own small way, we want to make links.

If we can make things to share, to pass in between, we can do more than we ever hoped – and then some.

Our jewelry is fabricated by an incredible batch of Balinese craftspersons, truly part of our extended ‘family’. These incredible people devote themselves and their lives to beauty, both in action and intent. Somehow we were blessed to have them join forces with us. Our Bali artisans are paid several times more than minimum wage, and treated with respect, dignity, and most importantly, gratitude. We work closely with the Bali wing of the WP family in both refining our designs, and in building aesthetic sensibility based not only on concept, but also on construction, and shared content.

Waxing Poetic believes in community– not just ours, but the overall global adventure version of community. We want to be fair, to be good, and to be grateful. We do our best, but know we can always do better. Much of that better, really and truly, is thanks to you.

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O R I G I NWaxing Poetic is a globally conscious brand using production techniques that marry our design concepts with a range of artists and craftsmen that are unique to different cultures. Our jewelry and display items are manufactured throughout the world in Indonesia, Thailand, Italy, and the United States.

S TA N D A R D C A R E I N F O R M AT I O NOur jewelry is composed of sterling silver, brass, bronze, and plated silver or brass. Other materials which appear from time to time include leather, silk or cotton cording, semi-precious stones, pearls, crystals, and resin. All Waxing Poetic pieces are made of the finest formulas and materials available. Waxing Poetic’s signature finish is an artisanal antiqued look with oxidization; most of the pieces are not designed to be high polish.

Tarnish is not a sign of poor metal quality or a product defect; it is a result of exposure to elements.Metals naturally oxidize over time and develop a normal patina from wear which is not a product defect.Texture holds more oxidization and will require regular maintenance. Examples are items with heavy engraving like Custom Collection, or texture like the Celestial Orbs, and Twisted Link Chains. Never use chemical dips.

S T E R L I N G S I LV E R, B R A S S & B R O N Z EWaxing Poetic uses the finest alloys for sterling silver, brass, and bronze available on the market today. Though it contains anti-tarnishing agents, all fine sterling silver does eventually tarnish with age and exposure to various elements. Brass or bronze jewelry will tarnish more quickly than sterling silver, but can easily have its shine restored. We recommend that you do not wear your jewelry in the shower, hot tub, sauna, ocean or swimming pool, as moisture accelerates the tarnishing of metal. Sometimes the chemical makeup of skin oils combined with lotions may also contribute to tarnishing, so apply fragrance and hair spray prior to putting on jewelry.

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W E B E L I E V E I N A D V E N T U R EAnd possibilities

In great loves and in small (or large) miraclesIn wonder and discovery

And in finding those thingsCloser than we expected

& often(To our delight and amazement)

Within one another and ourselves

W E B E L I E V E I N Q U E S T S O F G R E AT LY VA R Y I N G S C A L EIn true heroines and heroes

In honoring our origins as much as finding(and sometimes writing) our own waysIn paying attention to particular details

& keeping open eyes for the ones we do not recognize yetas beautiful (but we will)

W E B E L I E V E I N L E AV I N G M A R K E R SIn making meaning

In sharing coded messagesIn entrusting one another with our hearts

And collaborating on our coursesThrough life and everything therein

W E B E L I E V E I N B E I N G B R AV E E N O U G HTo take risks

To ask forgivenessAnd to remember to laugh

To ask for helpTo ask to help

To love abundantly and oftenTo be gentle and justAnd in all of this to

Celebrate the Journey

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