Richard Schmidt Jewelry Designs is based in LaGrange, Texas and is a well known silversmith/ jeweler at Round Top. He describes his work as modern style with rugged spirit. This is an amazing piece. The one-of-a-kind spiny oyster pendant is 2 inches long on his signature hammered silver. It hangs from 28-inch handmade beads that are turquoise and spiny oyster. I love it but only wore it a couple of times.