For some time I have been creating a small stash of smaller more finely foldformed and beaten pairs of leaves to use in leaf jewellery such as earrings and pendants. The leaf forms range from about 35-40mm in length; and all are light in weight. All the leaf forms are made from recycled copper, brass, reticulated zinc on brass and silver-plated copper.
Last night I used a little spare time to go into the studio (the clean one) to put some rings and wires onto the polished and drilled leaves; and so it came to pass that I had the four pairs of simple unadorned earrings below.
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Silver-Copper leaf earrings - (40mm) - former life wine goblet |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Brass leaf earrings - (35mm) - former life jardiniere |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Reticulated zinc on brass leaf earrings - (35mm) - former life weed sprayer |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Copper leaf earrings - (40mm) - former life water tank |
I did not make the wires. All the wires are stirling silver - I was not keen to go with brass or copper because of potential earlobe discolouration.Three of the pairs of the wires are antiqued hand formed stirling silver from a stock I purchased from Shannon of
Misssficklemedia; and the other bright pair on the silver-copper earrings are standard commercial stirling silver wires. I think the antiqued silver and their handmade appearance work well with the fold formed leaf forms.
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Silver-Copper leaf earrings boxed |
The Leaf Earrings are for sale through my studio; and will also eventually be for sale online when my online Gallery Shop is launched in the not too distant future - I hope. If you are interested
contact me here.
quite simply lovely - and your packaging is very sophisticated and clean...
ReplyDeleteso very pretty B. esp the copper pair as i spied some tears in the leaf form ... pretty pretty pretty!!! also love the photography ... looks like its taken from a pedestal in a museum collection.
ReplyDeleteStunning Barry....the earrings and the packaging!! Good luck with that online shop...can't wait to see!
ReplyDeleteyour earrings are wonderful, i like the ear wires you have mated them with. yea, a shop, that is a wonderful idea.
ReplyDeleteI need more ears Barry! Love the silver, and the copper, and the rest. I look forward to your online shop...YAY!
ReplyDeleteCool... very. and I, too, love your packaging.
ReplyDeleteMJ, L, P, TL, JM & VA - thanks heaps for the comments that indicate that I am on track with these.And also thanks for the encouragement re the on-line shop - it has been built, we have loaded some images but our IT guy had the temerity to feel tired and needing a holiday - well some people!!! The packaging has worked well for standard online supplies - it is a bit more expensive but worth it I think. MJ - glad you think they are lovely and sophisticated. L - had to laugh about the museum comment. P, TL & JM - we will get there with the online thing. JM - laughed eat the image of you with multiples sets of ears. Go well. B
ReplyDeleteThe leaf earrings are so very beautiful, Barry! You really know how to form a leaf. And I agree with Maire - your packaging looks very elegant.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on having the Gallery shop almost ready... sure to be a success.
Love the earrings, are they fearsomely expensive?
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind words and thoughts, still feeling rather spaced out about the whole thing.
Oh and I am just getting back to reading blogs.
S/R & P - thanks for visiting and leaving a comment. S/R - I do like the simplicity of these smaller leaves and as you say the packaging does give them a lift. P - no they are not fearsomely expensive. Go well. B
ReplyDeletewow, barry, so fine!
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