Amethysts in Hammered Silver Hoops Dangly Earrings

Hand crafted using traditional methods. The stone settings were created by fitting a fine silver bezel strip around each tiny stone cabochon to make little rings, which were then soldered to sheet sterling silver, cut round, filed and sanded. The hoops were created from sterling silver wire, the ends soldered, shaped on a mandrel and texture applied by hammering. The stone settingsgs and jump rings were then soldered to the hoops. The pieces were then 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 over the top to hold them in place and the settings burnished before hanging each one on a sterling silver beaded hook wire.