This necklace is part of the limited line called Fragments and I am honored to be in possession of these special pieces which were done as a very special order for me. In conversation with Carlos Sobral, he said he went back through many, many bits and pieces that he has been saving for decades and incorporated them into these pieces. He named this special line "Fragments" because these necklaces and bracelets are parts of objects that have been undone and are made into pieces. It's what's left of old works going back over decades. They are excerpts from a book, manuscript or speech. They are fractions of a whole; sections; memories. He said each pebble with its shape, color and texture, tells the story of half a century of work in search of beauty. It is a workpiece of something that has