I love these shiny hammered teardrop elements and I made another copper earrings featuring them. This time I used beautiful translucent moonstone. I love how the earrings dangle and shimmer with every movement! Here they are:
Structure of the earrings
Each has five long heavily hammered copper teardrop elements (hammering is my favorite part). They connect to a copper wire ring which holds the beautiful 6 mm translucent white natural moonstone. You can see its unique light effect – adularescence – in the photo. It is more pronounced in one of the gemstones but it’s the magic of nature – no two are exactly the same. The whole stucture is connected to sterling silver earwires.
Actually, first I made copper earwires, but then decided to make silver ones, because there is rhythm between its whitish color and the moonstones. Also, I oxidized a bit the ear hooks to a bit yellowish silver tones to well with the warm orange-yellow of the copper. Plus, they are hypoallergenic this way. Here is how they looked with the copper earwires:
Lastly, I protected the metal with Renaissance wax which not only protects but also allows the beautiful copper patina to develop slowly and naturally.
Photos of the finished earrings
They’re available for sale
I added them to my Etsy store – you can buy them here. You can indulge yourself or give them as a gift – I send them in a stylish jewelry box which you can see on the photos.
If you’re interested in buying my handmade pieces of jewelry, check out the available ones at my Etsy store. If you are in Bulgaria, want to make a custom request, or just ask me something, you can also write to me here:
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