earrings « Crownland Handcrafted Goods

Not so heavy metal

I think I’ve posted glimpses of some of the metal I worked on in my silversmithing class, but I don’t know if they were fully full-on finished.

These days, they are.

I’ve got my Crown Land crest…or a modified version with less trees that allowed for easier sawing. Copper backplate and sterling. On sterling chain.

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Eye of the Storm earrings. A good way to use up some smaller pieces of leather.

Those red and white ones remind me of the 60s. So pop-artsy!

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An old design with a new twist – wood-burned rather than tooled for a natural, almost birch-barky look.

Heading into the shop this weekend, along with a million of other things I’ve promised to post and let slide under the pressures of summer fun.

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Some new earrings. They’re thinner than most of those I make because there was no way I could cut these petals into the heavier weight leather.

Block dyed with layers of yellow and brown, red and maroon stain. Hung on brass hooks.

They look like fire in your hair. Heading into the shop (which I [...]

Some shots of the earrings I worked on last week – part of my Dryden collection of cradle-to-grave goods.

I’ll drop these in the shop sometime tomorrow afternoon.

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