Imperial Carnelian Hammered Silver Dangly Earrings

Hand crafted using traditional methods. The stone settings were created by fitting a very thin strip of fine silver bezel around each stone and making little cups, which were then soldered to sheet sterling silver and cut round, filed and sanded. The earring shapes were hand drawn, sawn, filed and sanded and textured by hammering. Next jump rings were soldered to the top of each one and the stone settings soldered in place. The pieces  were placed in a warm pickling solution to remove the fire scale caused by the blow torch, followed by lots of cleaning and polishing to give the earrings their lovely sheen. The stones were then placed in the settings and the silver bezel pushed in to hold them in place and the settings were burnished before hanging each one on a hook wire.