A while back I made a pair of sterling silver earrings using an ancient Japanese chainmaille weave...
...and just recently I began making a copper bracelet using the same weave. Here it is in progress:
It occurred to me that the first segment of both the earrings and the bracelet (the large ring + the two small doubled joined rings + the larger ring) resemble a goddess figure (do you see it?). So I thought it might be fun to create a pair of goddess earrings that could be offered to customers with a number of variations.
I decided to make my first version in copper antiqued to a gleaming, warm brown, with sterling silver highlights (the ear wires and the rings that connect them) and 4-mm Red Creek jasper and Swarovski crystal beads dangling from the bottom ring.
These earrings can be made in sterling silver, bronze, or colored anodized niobium rings, and with just about any semiprecious stones, pearls, or whatever else you can imagine. They're only about 2 inches long and very lightweight, so they're a good everyday earring too--pretty but not fussy.
As always, thank you so very much for reading! I will be back in two weeks' time. :)
xoxo
Meridy
