Solar flares deliver to us the medicine of a mystical light, igniting the aurora borealis and setting our skies alight with color and fire. With these traditional concha earrings. Wings pays tribute to the sun that is their source, to the untamed energy they emit, and to the extraordinary forms of illumination they create. Each drop is saw-cut freehand in a classic oval shape, domed lightly from the reverse using repoussé techniques. The stampwork pattern, also wrought entirely freehand, consists of two concentric ovals: all around the outer edge, a repeating patterns of radiant arcs nested within each other, each earring’s edge representing scores of strikes of the jeweler’s hammer. the inner oval is adorned with peaked sunrise motifs facing inward, like the flames of the sun rising and falling as they flare and dance. At the center of each sits the sun itself, a round, highly domed cabochon of fabulously chatoyant tiger’s eye, rich bronzed browns sunlit from within by lightning bolts of golden fire. Small sterling silver jump rings extend from the reverse at the top of each drop, and sterling silver coil-and-ball-bead French earring wires are threaded through them. Domed, earrings hang 1-1/2″ long, excluding wires, by 1-3/8″ across at the widest point; cabochons are 3/8″ across (dimensions approximate).
Sterling silver; tiger’s eye
$525 + shipping, handling, and insurance
SOLD
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