{"product_id":"view-of-the-marsh","title":"View of the Marsh — Bamboo Mountain Turquoise \u0026 Sterling Silver Cuff","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a small barrier island off the coast of North Carolina that shaped everything. I lived there summers as a graduate student — reachable only by water, 45-minutes between the island and mainland. Restock trips consumed the day. I didn't restock very often.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDays began before the heat did. I was out early, hunting for creatures that preferred to stay hidden — checking pit traps for snakes, wading the shallows, crawling through tough island vegetation. At night I wrangled loggerhead sea turtles laboring up the beach, tagged them under million-starred skies and followed them back into the surf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the sound side lay the marsh — vast, tidal, alive in ways that took time to learn. What looked like a carpet of grass from a distance was, up close, a very loud world. A cacophony of birds. Jumping fish. Stingrays moving just beneath the surface like slow thoughts. And at night, the phosphorescence. I'd swim in black water and spit mouthfuls of sparkling blue-white light. Wave a hand and a thousand stars followed. It was the kind of magic that doesn't ask permission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose nights never left me. You're never just one thing. I was a young scientist. I was also someone who could be wrecked by a marsh at dusk. Or the weeping of a sea turtle laying a hundred eggs. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Bamboo Mountain turquoise — earthy, layered, unhurried — takes me straight back to those summers and that place. A customer saw a similar cuff I'd made and knew immediately. They didn't want something like it. They wanted this stone, this setting, made for them. I was thrilled. Now it's ready for its first life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in sterling silver. Work-hardened cuff, 5.5\" around with a 1\" opening. Can be gently adjusted for fit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Slide Mountain Supply","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59606057320734,"sku":null,"price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/3227\/7022\/files\/bench.jpg?v=1783871187","url":"https:\/\/slidemountainsupply.com\/products\/view-of-the-marsh","provider":"Slide Mountain Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}