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
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
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