Sterling silver
Formed, forged, soldered
L 4.3 cm x W. 1.95cm
I’m late posting this week.
I had started working with this teardrop shape last week, after doing research for the next installment of my essay series. There are many historical examples of boat-shaped earrings, and I found myself paying particular attention to how they were closed. I wanted to make the earrings secure and still maintain a sleek line.
Originally my intention was to incorporate some sort of weaving, but my muse wasn’t co-operating. Time and again, I cut the bits off the frame to start over. Finally, I decided to develop the spiral idea I used on last week’s earrings.
There are so many things on my To Do List at the moment that I’m waking up in the middle of the night thinking about it. It’s one of those situations where I’m too awake to sleep, but too tired to get up. So I just lie there with my mind spinning circles and then during the day I feel exhausted and unproductive. Finally yesterday when I had a chance to sit down to work on jewelry, I couldn’t find my flow. It’s kind of ironic that I ended up with spirals – it reflects what’s going on in my over-active mind!
