Week 20 of the Earring Challenge

In this week’s earrings I used one of my favorite techniques, colored pencils on copper. I pierced the copper with a flower pattern and then colored them with shades of purple. They have a glossed finish to protect the colored pencil patina. They also have handmade sterling silver ear wires. 

Week 19 of the Earring Challenge

This week my earrings are commission pieces, so I can’t take the credit for the great idea. I did have fun creating these little flowers.

These delicate little earrings are sterling silver dogwood flowers. They have fine silver granules surrounding the ruby settings. The ear wires and nuts are also sterling silver. 

Week 17 and 18 of the Earring Challenge

The last two weeks have just been crazy at our home. Our daughter had her 3^rd birthday and that just took priority over everything. Then as life goes the entire family got sick… My studio has been much neglected lately. Now getting my challenge back on track I have two pairs to show, weeks 17 and 18.

Week 17

These earrings are a smaller version on one of my favorite pairs in this challenge so far. They are two layers of pierced sterling silver with sterling ear posts and nuts.  They have a brushed finish to make them shine.

Week 18

These are copper disks with a colored pencil patina. They have a spider web design drawn on with pencil and then sealed with a flat gloss. They also have sterling silver ear wires.