Mariposite Earrings with Hand Forged Flowers and Leaves
Silversmith earrings handmade by me, in my studio, featuring beautiful Mariposite stones with a creamy background and green veining with hints of yellow.
To make these earrings, I started with fine (pure) silver for the bezel around the stone, and solid sterling silver in various forms for the rest of the elements. For the flower dangles, I started by melting sterling bits into a ball, hammering the ball into a flower-shaped steel form, and then cutting out the flower with a saw. I soldered another tiny silver ball to the flower center.
For the backplate of the Mariposite stones, I used sterling silver that I impressed with a botanical pattern and accented the setting with leaves that I forged from the melted ends of sterling wire and curled sterling wire to suggest vine tendrils.
Pretty from the back too!
~~~The ear wires are 20g sterling silver, to which I added a solid sterling silver leaf.
~~~Measures approx 2 1/2” from the top of the earwire to the bottom of the dangle.
~~~The dangle portion measures 2" high by 5/8" wide.
~~~Each earring weighs approximately 6.4 grams.
Ready to ship. These are one-of-a-kind earrings, and you will receive the exact pair pictured.
Ships in a jewelry gift box via USPS Ground Advantage.
Mariposite Earrings with Hand Forged Flowers and Leaves listed in:
To make these earrings, I started with fine (pure) silver for the bezel around the stone, and solid sterling silver in various forms for the rest of the elements. For the flower dangles, I started by melting sterling bits into a ball, hammering the ball into a flower-shaped steel form, and then cutting out the flower with a saw. I soldered another tiny silver ball to the flower center.
For the backplate of the Mariposite stones, I used sterling silver that I impressed with a botanical pattern and accented the setting with leaves that I forged from the melted ends of sterling wire and curled sterling wire to suggest vine tendrils.
Pretty from the back too!
~~~The ear wires are 20g sterling silver, to which I added a solid sterling silver leaf.
~~~Measures approx 2 1/2” from the top of the earwire to the bottom of the dangle.
~~~The dangle portion measures 2" high by 5/8" wide.
~~~Each earring weighs approximately 6.4 grams.
Ready to ship. These are one-of-a-kind earrings, and you will receive the exact pair pictured.
Ships in a jewelry gift box via USPS Ground Advantage.
Mariposite Earrings with Hand Forged Flowers and Leaves listed in:
