Dished ear-rings

These are a pair of simple dished, leaf-shaped ear-rings which I finished in early 2016.  The shape lightens them as well as showing off the high degree of translucency in the Kutcho (British Columbia) stone.  I formed the simple silver wires myself.

Sun & Moon

This is my representation of the sun & moon in the form of a pair of ear-rings. 
I made them from kawakawa in 2003, but only mounted them with the nephrite ​beads (probably from BC) in 2015.

Trough-shaped ear-rings

I carved these from translucent dark green, Westland Field pounamu around 2008.  They  are in the form of thin troughs, allowing light to permeate through and show off the gorgeous colour.  I mounted them with the glass beads in 2015, in part due to the South African love of beads and beading.

Flower jade drops

I formed these simple square-sectioned but tapering drops using beautiful Marsden jade in 2005, and a lady I know, Minati Baro, formed the intricate hooks in sterling silver the next year. The stone isn't translucent but has a gorgeous deep green colour and flow marks.  I love working this stone!

Dropper ear-rings

​I made these ear-rings from beautiful highly-translucent Westland kawakawa pounamu some years back, but then an enquiry by a friend made me think about personalising them for her.  I added the engraved detail in a repeated wave form and coloured it gold to make it stand out.  When you look at them, the thinness of the stone allows the internal opaque black flecks to be clearly seen, but at a different angle you only see the surface detail.  Isn't that a metaphor for life!?  The minimal sterling silver wires combine with the simple shape of the stone and deliver a pleasing balance to the finished article.  They now reside in Switzerland.