What a fun collaboration!  It's rare, I have found, to find someone that you can create something with in a way that resonates with both your skills.  Yes, the necklace is bold, but I feel that it is still really balanced.  Should grace the neck of a goofy art teacher, maybe.  :)

My favorite part is how the blue of the bird is also in the patina on the copper piece below it.  Very lovely and thoughtfully done.