Description
Full Circle Series – Artist’s Statement
Lots of people have moments when they say, “it’s come full circle.”
That is what inspired me to do the “Full Circle Series.”
“The literary or philosophical meaning of life coming full circle often means completing a cycle and a return to the beginnings of something. Like a closure to something.”
As I fast approached a milestone at the end of 2024, entering my seventh decade, knowing I still have a lot of famous musician’s strings, I do not want to have these left when the time runs out. What do I mean by that, being a jeweler takes its toll on your body and there will be a time when I will no longer be able to do my craft. So, I am making “circles”, and they will be very affordable. You will be able to own a piece of “Musical History” should you choose to do so. The locket design is the “circle” for this FCS piece.
One-of-a-kind AVAILABLE! READY TO SHIP Chrissie Hynde FCS floating pendant made out of Chrissie’s used/played thicker silver colored guitar string. Designed by 2x breast cancer survivor Elisa Guida, the pendant is 15/16″, close to a 1″ circle. The circle is finished with sterling silver wrapped wire. The pendant comes with a 16, 18 or 20″ stainless steel chain. As noted in the description – FCS Pendant is Ready to Ship and will leave my studio in 7 -10 days. Make sure to view the pictures of the pendant in the picture gallery.
Musician’s Release Forms:
Chrissie Hynde came to fame as the frontwoman for the Pretenders. Hits “Brass in Pocket” and “My City Was Gone” became rock anthems in the 1970s and ’80s.
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Chrissie Hynde was born September 7, 1951, in Akron, Ohio. Her band, The Pretenders, got together in the late 1970s and released a self-titled album in 1980. She and bandmate James Honeyman-Scott penned the group’s first hit, “Brass in Pocket.” Subsequent releases produced the hit songs “Middle of the Road,” “Show Me” and “I’ll Stand by You.”
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Christine Ellen Hynde was born on September 7, 1951, in Akron, Ohio. Hynde was one of the leading women in rock in the 1980s and ’90s as the lead singer of the Pretenders. After studying art at Kent State University for a time, she took off for London, England, where she discovered the emerging new rock genre called “punk.”
The Pretenders got together in the late 1970s and released a self-titled album in 1980. Hynde and bandmate James Honeyman-Scott penned the group’s first hit, “Brass in Pocket.” Subsequent releases produced the hit songs “Middle of the Road,” “Show Me” and “Back on the Chain Gang” (from 1984’s Learning to Crawl); and “Don’t Get Me Wrong” (from 1986’s Get Close); as well as 1994’s “I’ll Stand by You.”
In 2005 the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2015 Hynde released the autobiography Reckless: My Life as a Pretender.
