Thursday, February 21, 2019

Lend Me Your Ear: New Artisan Beaded Earrings

Hand-painted porcelain & crystals


February has been a month for change, to switch gears, mix things up a bit, and add some variety to my work. I have amassed such a huge collection of beads of all sorts—mostly semiprecious gemstones of all different colors, shapes, and sizes, that my bead boxes were beginning to overflow, so knew it was time to turn out some earrings. 

These are on a mix of different types of earwires. I handcrafted the sterling silver wires (they are the upside-down U or C shape), hand-shaped them and gently hammered them to harden the silver. They really have that artisan, handcrafted look that I just love. 

For some others I used premade stainless steel earwires that are hypoallergenic and are in the more standard earwire shape. 

All of these are listed for sale in my Etsy shop under the "Earrings" category, which you can find here

Some of the beads I used are hand-painted porcelain or ceramic, crystal, jasper, moonstone, blue Peruvian opal, garnet, chalcedony, mother of pearl, malachite, prehnite...and more. 

Take a peek!

Blush Chalcedony & sterling silver


Mother of pearl, labradorate & shell soldered earrings


Rose quartz and sterling silver earrings


Red jasper and sterling silver earrings


Leopard jasper and sterling silver earrings


Honey jade and sterling silver earrings


Hand-painted porcelain & crystals


Hand-painted porcelain & crystals


Malachite and sterling silver earrings


Blue Peruvian opal, rainbow moonstone and crystal & bird earrings


Ocean jasper, garnet & sterling silver earrings


Prehnite, Tourmalated Quarts, Hill tribe sterling silver earrings


Red Tiger Eye and rose charm earrings with sterling silver earwires


Red jasper clip-on style earrings


Smoky quartz, mother of pearl shell and sterling silver earrings


Italian glass & turquoise earrings with sterling silver earwires


Carnelian & sterling silver earrings 


Turquoise & Hill Tribe silver earrings with sterling ear wires


Amazonite, aventurine, ceramic and silver soldered earrings


Turquoise, tigereye, crystal artisan soldered earrings



Artisan gemstone and soldered earrings
What do you think? 


I hope you have a great week! 

Laura


My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns



Article & images copyright ©Laura Beth Love 2019 and may not be republished in print or other media without express written permission from the author