handmade eyeglasses and jewellery |
2020-07-15 |
... since 1981 |
2020 Lockdown EarringsKandinsky BubblesKandinsky and Bubblesare made of Niobium which is a reactive metal like titanium but can be anodised rather bright colours - the colouring is entirely in the mind. It's a feature of refraction.The niobium can be blackened, scraped back to the bare metal and anodised with a painbrush connected to a voltage-regulated power supply. It's that easy. A pure sil disc sits behind like a reflector, and are hung on solid sterling silver hoops. Sterling silver earwires.
Kandinsky and Bubbles, 24mm dia discs: $NZ200 or so Burst BubblesNiobium is punched right through to imitate what happens when we ignore the advice of our Health OfficialsA pure sil disc sits behind like a reflector, and are hung on solid sterling silver hoops. Sterling silver earwires.
Burst Bubbles, 18mm and 24mm: $NZ125 and $NZ200 |
sputnik earringsNephrite jade (Pounamu) sputniksjade sputniksNephrite jade from the West Coast of New Zealand is hand shaped into a double-cabochon.A pure sil disc sits behind like a reflector, and are hung on solid sterling silver hoops. Sterling silver earwires.
New Zealand nephrite jade: $NZ350 - $NZ450 paua sputnikspaua sputniksThe classic sputnik earring design features the concave inside of the shell. The New Zealand paua shell - haliotis iris - I use is from Stewart Island, the Chatham Islands, or the Southland coastline, places where the seas are roughest and the shell is thickest.A pure silver reflector disc sits behind like a reflector, and both discs are hung on solid sterling silver hoops. Sterling silver earwires. Four sizes available, with various shell diameters: maxi 30mm, midi 25mm, mini 20mm, micro 16mm.
maxi: $NZ200/pr
pearl sputnikspearl sputniksPearl shell earrings. I use Cook Islands pearl shell black-lipped - Pinctada margaritifera - or golden-lipped species - Pinctada maxima.A pure sil disc sits behind like a reflector, and are hung on solid sterling silver hoops. Sterling silver earwires.
maxi: $NZ200/pr paper-tiger sputniksniobium paper-tiger sputniksThe sputniks earring design is continued with a modern space-age metal. Niobium (or sometimes titanium) discs have been given a strong random texture for a tiger-like surface, then anodised in contrasting colours. Niobium and titanium are refractive metals and may be coloured with anodising. They are not dyed.A pure sil disc sits behind like a reflector, and are hung on solid sterling silver hoops. Sterling silver earwires.
midi: $NZ175/pr |
beetlewing earringsNephrite jade (Pounamu) beetlewingsjade beetlewingsNephrite jade (pounamu) from the West Coast of New Zealand is hand-shaped to a tapered oval, with a slight outward curve.
Pounamu Beetlewings with extra silver oval: $NZ350-450 paua beetlewingspaua beetlewingsNew Zealand paua shell - haliotis iris - from Stewart Island, the Chatham Islands, or the Southland coastline, places in New Zealand where the seas are roughest and the shell is thickest.Paua Beetlewings with extra silver oval: $200 Paua Beetlewings: $NZ160 pearl beetlewingspearl beetlewingsCook Islands pearl shell black-lipped - Pinctada margaritifera - or golden-lipped - Pinctada maxima.Pearlshell Beetlewings with extra silver ovals: $200 Pearlshell Beetlewings: $NZ160 Paper-Tiger beetlewingsniobium beetlewingsNiobium or titanium ovals have been given a strong texture for a tiger-skin surface - then anodised in contrasting colours. Niobium, like titanium, is a refractive metal and may be coloured with anodising - it's not dyed.paper tiger Beetlewings with extra silver ovals: $200 |
Brian Adam | www.adam.co.nz/jewellery/earrings/ | Auckland, New Zealand |