Shades of Autumn Set $24.95

Inspired by the beauty and serenity of the autumnal landscape, poets have been intrigued across time, countries and cultures. Their literary expressions project different shades of autumn. Autumn is manifested through the ripening and shedding of leaves from the trees in bright shades of brown, red, orange and yellow.  

The archetypal image of autumn’s ‘golden load’ prevails both in Blake’s and Keats’s odes that associates their perception of the season. They consider transience as a part of autumn’s charm that generates melancholy in the momentary celebration of ripeness on the Earth. Keats’s address to autumn as the season of “mellow fruitfulness”, he also represented autumn as a part of the seasonal cycle and thus projecting it as a component in the continuous cycle of death, decay and renewal in Nature.

Rabindranath’s describes the spirit of autumn as Sharadalakshmi, the white-attired goddess, whose glory is revealed through the pleasant, rain-bathed landscape and whose smile is reflected in the clear, blue sky and in the full-moon nights, lulled by the chorus of hedge-crickets. Her long robe, her veil, her coronet of the ears of corn and her fair hair matching the hue of the ripened grain were symbolic of the autumnal profusion.

Measuring 52cm in length with autumn tones of glass beads. The fan drop bead, of black lip and freshwater pearl shell and resin single sided measuring 6.2cm x 4.2cm. All beads are strung on Tiger Tail Wire to ensure strength and longevity. Held together with an S hook and eye clasp. Matching hook earwire earrings measure 3cm.