Earrings, Mother of Pearl Hoop Cab on French wires.

Sleek, Modern, Simply Classic.

2" long including earwires

Mother of pearl shell for jewelry refers to the nacre that coats the inside layer of the mollusk shell which is used to form pearls--hence, it's the mother of the pearl. Mother of pearl shell jewelry can include much larger focal pieces than simple pearls since nacre substance takes up a whole shell's interior, offering a larger working surface for carving. In addition to jewelry, mother-of-pearl shell has been used in medieval European, East Asian and Islamic religious art. Starting during the Victorian Era, mother-of-pearl shell began to also be used for clock faces, buttons, jewelry boxes and more. One especially popular use was inlay work, such as the handles of knives and pistols, as well as historical and contemporary use as inlays for guitars and other musical instruments.

Handmade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.

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Earrings, Mother of Pearl Ovals on French wires.

Sleek, Modern, Simply Classic.

2 ½" long

Mother of pearl shell for jewelry refers to the nacre that coats the inside layer of the mollusk shell which is used to form pearls--hence, it's the mother of the pearl. Mother of pearl shell jewelry can include much larger focal pieces than simple pearls since nacre substance takes up a whole shell's interior, offering a larger working surface for carving. In addition to jewelry, mother-of-pearl shell has been used in medieval European, East Asian and Islamic religious art. Starting during the Victorian Era, mother-of-pearl shell began to also be used for clock faces, buttons, jewelry boxes and more. One especially popular use was inlay work, such as the handles of knives and pistols, as well as historical and contemporary use as inlays for guitars and other musical instruments.

Handmade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.

Earrings, Naja in Sterling on Wires

1 1/2" long.  Sterling 

Contemporary Southwest Style Earrings in Soft Satin Finish.

With probable Paleolithic origins, the inverted crescent form (called Naja by the Navajo) has represented the Phoenician goddess of fertility, Astarte, and is mentioned in the Book of Judges among the “ornaments on camels’ necks.” The Moors – who dominated Spain for eight centuries – adopted the crescent as a horse’s bridle ornament, to protect the horse and rider from “the evil eye”. The Spanish then brought the idea to the Americas in the late 16th century.

Hand Made in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.

All designs copyrighted.  Award Winning Design!

Earrings, Aurora Opal Studs in Sterling.  12mm round

Simple Elegance!

Find Your Silver Lining!

AURORA OPAL 

Cultured Opals are a lab created stone.  It was a project started some 20 years ago by a turquoise fanatic and chemist.  Lab created opal is pretty but gets dull, and it just doesn’t really capture the light dispersement that real opals do.  This was because no one was really getting those silica dioxide particulars small enough to mimic Mother Nature.  The nano particles of silica dioxide are just the same as natural opal.  They are almost as small as an atom.  The matrix is a nod to turquoise and the two together are magic.  It takes about a year to grow.  It is more durable than natural opal and this makes this material ideal for rings and bracelets as detergents won’t hurt it.  It has a hardness of 5.5 on the Mohs scale.

HandMade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987

Earrings, Paperclip Naja Sterling on Posts

1 3/4" long. Oxidized Sterling 

Contemporary Southwest Style Earrings in Soft Satin Finish.

Hand Made in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.

All designs copyrighted.  Award Winning Design!

Earrings, Sterling Inlaid Rosarita in 12mm Studs on Posts

Find Your Silver Lining!

These studs have a rounded back to make them sit comfortably on your ears.

ROSARITA

In the early 1940’s Gold Prices spiked.  As a result of the new high prices some prospectors revisited the old gold mines in places such as Colorado, California, and Alaska.  These crusty codgers would build brick kilns over open pits and super-heat that gold-bearing ore that still litters the sites.  The return was small and the practice only lasted about 5 years.  The beautiful red gold slag would run off down the mountains, and solidify into boulders of Brilliant Red and Orange, much like Obsidian is formed in volcanic reaction.  The material is durable and polishes to a beautiful shine.  We feel very blessed to have such a lovely earth element to work with.  Rosarita is the only material available in such a true red color.  Some pieces have swirls of orange and these are even more rare.  Rosarita was named after a beach in Mexico because of the brilliant color.  

HandMade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987