Antique U.S. Silver Dime Ear Dangles

Antique U.S. Silver Dime Coin Ear Wear

Barber Dimes & Seated Liberty Dimes

Barber Pair: 1899 & 1903

Seated Liberty Pair: 1877 & 1888

All Sterling Silver Wire

Rose Swarovski Crystal Accents

New Necklace Pictures

New Pictures of Neck Wear

1887 Morgan Silver Dollar

THE YEAR OF THE GREAT MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE

Mounted in a Sterling Silver Bezel

With Oval Pink Quartz Stone Beads & Contemporary Glass & Millefiori

Strung on Accu Flex 7 Strand Wire

With a Handcrafted Sterling Clasp

18 Inches long (Princess Length) 

 Lanyard

About 28 Inch Long "Opera" Length

"Cold Joined" Sterling Silver & Copper Links

Antique Glass Cane Wound Trade & Millefiori Beads

1945 Walking Liberty Half Dollar (The Year of the A-Bomb)

Nicklace

Cold-Joined Twisted Chain Links of Copper

Sterling Silver Cold-Joined Twisted Chain Links

Antique Chevron Trade, Stone & Pony Beads

Contemporary Stone & Millefiori Glass

Sterling Silver Cubes

Antique U.S. Liberty "V" Nickels (various dates)

Hand Crafted Copper Clasp

27 Inches Long (Opera Length)

Ear Wires

I brought my cousins a couple pairs of my custom crafted Coinearrings while I was in B.C. - gave them the ones with the little silver U.S. Half Dimes, Capped Bust and Seated Liberty... haven't heard from them yet as to what they thought of the super heavy duty ear wires (fine silver 18 gauge) but I am sure they initially found them uncomfortable or even impossible to put in - if they have even tried to put them in yet... I have worked with one of my best tester buddies E.H. in regards to the super heavy (and really pretty) ear wire and her feedback has been similar to other folks in that the initial discomfort is difficult to deal with but that they are not impossible to wear... E.H. has a couple pairs that she has been 'Beta Testing' now for several weeks. I have just today received 10 sets of really pretty 20 G sterling ear wires and will be using them moving into the future; not sure if I will replace all the 18G ear wires that I have on several earrings or if I will just leave them for future consideration... I have always thought that the 18 G fine silver ear wires were super pretty looking, but then again, the feedback from those who have tried them hasn't been great, I dunno, I don't have pierced ears - yet - so I have never tried them.

Volcano Man Necklace

VOLCANO MAN 

NECK WEAR

(Volcano Man: Keeper of fire, maker of spear tips, smelter of metal, a manly man, an ancient Cro-Magnon Cave Guy)

This piece slips on over the head - no clasp. Composed with snowflake obsidian, copper wire links (cold joined) and a nice antique Czech glass bead in red (representing the fire element) - the coin is an old, 'previously holed' (I didn't make the hole) & worn down silver Morgan dollar that looks like it's dated 1882 (the date is worn). I was carrying this buck on my keys ring, then decided it would be better re-purposed as a pendant. 

Might take this one to Eye Candy Gallery for display and sale.

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Easter Neckwear

EASTER NECK BEADS

About 19-19.5 inches long (including the hand fashioned copper clasp)

Strung on 7 strand Accu-Flex wire

Variety of vintage and contemporary Trade / Czech / Bohemian glass beads

The 3 focus beads are each a smallish vintage/antique glass Millefiori Venetian African Trade Bead

(I made these with a few children in mind)

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Ear Sweets Earrings

EAR SWEETS

Antique Venetian Glass Millefiori Beads 

18G Hand Crafted Fine Silver (.999) Ear Wires

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My beautiful daughter tried to try these on this morning and experienced difficulty with the larger gauge ear wires - she could not get them into her little ear holes and I suppose there is a strong possibility that most ladies might be a little uncomfortable with 18G (1.0 mm) ear wires, fine silver or not. I had a meeting and discussion with my friend & jeweler guru Rita Telaak ( Eye Candy Gallery ) and upon seeing some of my ear creations with the custom crafted 18G fine silver ear wire she did say that she thought 'most people' would be uncomfortable with that larger gauge ear wire. After some web research I find that the most common gauge for ear wire is 20G (.75 mm) or even 22G (.64 mm) wire (and I already knew that most of the commercial quality ear wires come in that gauge range) although it seems a one millimeter (18G) hole is what is most often shot through the ear to begin with - the hole probably just shrinks a little over time. Nonetheless, as an artist I cannot escape the gravity of my own preferences in that I really like the quality, strength and eye appeal of the 18G fine silver ear wire - and the fine silver won't tarnish as readily as the sterling silver. So what do you think? Of course any of the ear wears that you see in my blog can be re-fitted with standard 20G ear wires.

Big & Little Blue

"BIG BLUE"

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This piece is fashioned with a hand crafted fine silver clasp, 7 strand Accu-Flex beading wire (it's absolutely absurdly strong wire), various sized antique glass beads, a large U.S. copper penny dated 1838 (the year of the Trail of Tears) and a single U.S. Seated Liberty dime dated 1877 (the year Bell Telephone Company was incorporated with 778 phones).

"LITTLE BLUE"

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I am planning to give this piece to my daughter. 

I purchased the sterling silver heart toggle clasp from Embellish in Rocky River.