The beautiful desert-inspired designs by Arizona native Kit Carson, like his Mariachi and Pendant previously featured, are great for inspiration. His work ranges from the festive dead musicians of his Mariachi to dazzling, jewel-encrusted bracelets.

This bracelet, also featured in a 2008 GRS Training Center advertisement in Art Jewelry magazine, is a free-spirited gathering of colors and creatures from the sea. With sea horses, starfish, shells, and even a pair of glaring skulls, this bracelet looks like it could be a dream of lost treasure on the ocean floor. A variety of stones, pearls, and beads are sprinkled throughout the design, bringing in more color. The contrasting metal adds an interesting variety to the color palette. Even the flowing scrolls in the background emulate the waves of the ocean.

Kit Carson currently produces his beautiful handmade jewelry in his Arizona studio Cactus Camp. Learn more about Carson on his website kitcarsonjewelry.com and browse through his gallery of other custom jewelry pieces.