Slate Wood Disc Bib Necklace

• Multi-strand layered construction
• Hand-twisted wood-disc strands
• Horn eye-and-hook closure
• Bib silhouette

Discs are cut from natural wood and the closure is real horn, so grain, tone and shape shift slightly from one piece to the next.

Flat wood discs are a signature form in Filipino accessory work — simple, uniform shapes that only become dramatic through quantity. Strand piles on strand until the volume and shift of the discs is the whole point of the piece.

Twisting the strands as they're built keeps a necklace this size flexible instead of boardlike. Worn, the discs move against each other and catch light rather than lying flat, so the silhouette reads as sculptural rather than static.

The horn eye-and-hook is characteristic of the same tradition, prized as a durable, naturally polished material for the small hardware that has to work as hard as it looks. Its warm amber sits deliberately against the cool gray of the discs.

• Technique: Filipino wood and horn jewelry making

Wipe clean with a soft, dry cloth and store flat or hanging, away from water, perfume and direct sun. Moisture and prolonged light will dull the dyed wood finish.