"A writer is someone who writes."
—Marge Piercy in "For the young who want to"
We love to complicate. A writer is someone who writes [insert huge number] of [insert genre here] books, who has won [insert amazing prize], received a glowing review from [insert famous newspaper or journal], and has [insert another huge number] of fans. Or maybe a writer is someone who writes.
Awhile back I asked my friend Cat at Boo Beads Jewelry to create this special typewriter pendant for me. The advantage of writing about and designing jewelry myself is that I know all the hard work that went into this pendant: she found the perfect typewriter image in the size I wanted, etched it into the copper, cut out the shape (even around all those tiny typewriter knobs!), drilled the hole for the jump ring, added the antiquing (the patina) to darken the copper, stamped the Marge Piercy quote on the back in the cutest little font, and tumbled and polished the pendant to perfection.
If you're looking for a special piece of jewelry, the kind you can't find at your typical mall store, I highly recommend her work. (Note: I added the chain and clasp myself, but I'm sure Cat would add one if you prefer to buy a finished necklace.)
Quotation source: I found a copy of "For the young who want to by Marge Piercy at Poetry Foundation. Also, I took the photo on this page, so any failings you find with it are all mine.