I figured that anybody- me, for instance- who belonged to the
Order of the Dandelion (for example, me) should have a
Dandelion belt buckle (brass and copper and glass, copyright 2009):
Not to be left out, my wife encouraged me to make for
her a
Tyger Forge Dandelion Shawl Pin (brass and glass, copyright 2009):
The centerpiece can be either hand-dropped glass, or a stone (agate, marble, jasper, epidote) from Scotland. I used glass here, because it looks so good in daylight. A piece of marble from Isle of Iona would look fantastic, as it is mostly yellow-green and white, a real stand-out.
The women's shawl pin is forged in a single piece of thinner gauge so that it weighs
much less than the buckle.