THIS LISTING IS ONLY FOR A PAIR OF EARRINGS!
Oval - 1⅛” x ⅝”
No two reticulated silver pieces are alike. The technique heating sterling silver to the precise threshold where the surface flows while the interior holds produces a topographic landscape that the maker guides but cannot fully control, a collaboration between hand and fire that ends differently every time. The disc behind each stone in these earrings carries a fluid, wave-like surface silver that moved like water before it was fixed in place, oxidized to bring out every ridge and valley in the metal’s transformed surface.
In front of it, a matched oval Kingman turquoise cabochon measuring 1⅛” x ⅝” sits in a full twisted rope border bezel vivid sky blue with warm golden matrix tracing quiet paths across the stone’s surface. The rope border grounds the composition in the Southwest silverwork tradition, connecting the modern reticulated disc above to the classic bezel below in a conversation between two approaches to the same material. Together they make something more interesting than either would alone.
Sterling shepherd hooks complete the earrings with easy natural movement. Substantial enough to be noticed, refined enough to be worn anywhere.
Details:
Stone: Kingman Turquoise · Origin: Arizona · Matrix: Turquoise & Tans · Metal: Custom Sterling Silver · Earrings Setting: 1⅛” x ⅝” · One of a Kind with Makers Mark
Made in Taos by a Taosena.
Some Jewelry is made. Some is found. At Fire & Stone, it's both.
