Day 72

For Day 72, some silver and enamel earrings to match the ring I made on day 48. I love earrings that are a slightly odd pair like these, partly because I'm always checking out what jewellery other people are wearing and its such a nice surprise to discover someone wearing odd earrings.

Day 67

Earrings made from plastic with a hand drawn and coloured pattern and a silver post.

Day 62

I made some little studs for day 62, experimenting with granulation again in sterling silver. I quite like the fact that each earring is odd as well.

Day 52

Some small studs on a botanical theme...snowdrops!

Day 51

Some small stud earrings for day 51, made out of silver and then oxidised.

Day 44

Today I've made some hoop earrings. They're a bit of  a different style to what I've done previously, but then that is what this blog is supposed to be all about!
I made these out of silver sheet and wire, and then oxidised them to give the silver a black finish.
I do like this kind of hoop earring and think I'll try and explore this idea further in the future, something to match day 30's bangle perhaps.

Day 35

Some little silver Stag stud earrings to go with the brooches. Its the first time I've made these as studs and I'm quite pleased with the way they turned out. I'd always thought the antlers would stick up too far in front of the ear, but I'm glad I gave it a go anyway because they look quite snazzy when you put them on.

Day 25

I'm continuing the theme with today's earrings.
In treating the plastic as though its a found fragment of something much older and more valuable and setting it as a 'gem', I think I'm getting over the hurdle of viewing plastic as a worthless throw away material, which is what I've been battling with whilst making these pieces. I love what I can do with the plastic, but hate what it stands for.  I've always used  more natural and what I view as honest materials in the past like silver and textiles, but I think this plastic might be winning me over!