Earrings, 'Loopy Vines' Clothing Accessories Handmade Jewelry Earrings Dangle Earrings 
Sinuous vines extend their shoots, creeping and
coiling into a deceptively simple design. Elaborated from sterling silver,
these earrings make a wonderful surprise gift for someone special.
Ploy Intha has an unbreakable spirit, battling countless difficulties to
fulfill her dream as a silversmith. Intha describes the intricate
process, unique to each piece: "The silver alloy is molten
in a terracotta container in the forge and poured out
into a terracotta disc. The silver is then beaten with
hammers into sheets, which are given a concave shape and
cut into the wanted design. Then the intricate vegetal design
is carved out of the sheets with tiny tools and,
once completed, the sheets and soldered and finely polished. The
silver is in the meantime beaten and stretched into hooks
that are joined to the design. The pair is then
washed into water before to be dried, filed and polished."
92.5% silver and 7.5% copper
Price: $32.95 |
