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

and long life

It is solid 14 karat gold throughout

Lost-wax casting begins with a wax original

finishes hard

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