Beech leaf earrings in hammered argentium sterling silver // Botanical earrings sing and long life

and long life

simply pull it through one of the slots at the bottom of the locket

Lost-wax casting begins with a wax original

The patterns form over millions of years as water and minerals seep through miniscule fissures in the stone

Beech leaf earrings in hammered argentium sterling silver // Botanical earrings sing and long lifeDesigned, hand cut, and hand hammered by me in my Connecticut studio. Beech trees can be found throughout the northeast. Before colonization, our woods were mostly composed of beech and hemlock. Today, beech leaf disease has reached Connecticut, and many of our trees are struggling to survive the attacks of malignant nematodes. Shiny, unpatinated argentium sterling silver. Argentium contains more pure silver than regular sterling (94% vs 92. 5%). It