Week 42 of the Earring Challenge

 Staying with an industrial look, these earrings use tube rivets to keep things together.  They are copper and brass with sterling silver and copper tube rivets in varying sizes. These earrings also have handmade sterling silver ear wires.

Week 41 of the Earring Challenge

This week I did what I like to call industrial snowflakes. They are made of copper and brass snowflakes with sterling silver rivets holding everything together. They also have handmade sterling silver hoop ear wires.

Week 40 of the Earring Challenge

This week’s earrings are a spin off from a few weeks ago. They have two heat treated copper discs and one sterling silver center disc. The copper has been waxed to protect the color. The center sterling discs are pierced and set with spacers to float above the back copper discs. These earrings have handmade sterling silver ear wires.

Week 39 of the Earring Challenge

This week I wanted to work with some of the tin I had used in my husband’s cuff. I really like how these earrings turned out and hope to do a few more, maybe different constructions. I love that they will all be unique as the designs on the tin will change depending on how I cut it.

These earrings are cut out tin discs that have been tube riveted to a sterling silver disc. The ear posts and ear nuts are sterling silver. 

Week 38 of the Earring Challenge

Last week I think I spent a little too much time sawing and hurt my back in the process. With rest and a little stretching I am feeling much better now; But my blogging was postponed a week for a little recovery (oops once again).

These earrings are pierced copper discs. They have a heat patina and have been coated with a wax to keep their color. They also have handmade sterling silver ear wires. 

Week 37 of the Earring Challenge

These earrings are cutout copper discs that have been heat treated to bring out different colors. They have been riveted with a spacer so they float above the sterling silver disc, casting small shadows.  The copper has a waxed surface to preserve their color. These earrings have sterling silver ear post and nuts.

Week 35 and 36 of the Earring Challenge

The past few weeks have been very busy. I did my first show of this year at the Sertoma Arts Center and it was a beautiful sunny day. That was a lot of fun; it was great to see everyone that could come out.

These sets of earrings are part of a small series of colored pencil flowers I’m currently working on. They are copper cut out flowers that have been decorated with colored pencil then glossed to hold their design. The handmade hooped ear wires are sterling silver.