Shirudo Earrings Product:Shirudo Earrings The entire piece is immersed

The entire piece is immersed in a liquid sulfurated potash solution to produce a dark patina and once dry

and gentle greys

with each end set with miniature black star sapphires

it owes its smooth form and rich color transitions to Carol Martin's expert use of cold working and pate de verre

Handwoven in India

Shirudo Earrings Product:Shirudo Earrings The entire piece is immersedThe process of fabricating these earrings involves fusing several layers of silver and gold sections to a base layer; cleaning and repeatedly fusing and rolling more layers of metal to achieve the unique texture. Then the shape is cut and formed, again fusing more 24k gold to the base via the keum boo technique. Completely hand made, no two will ever be exactly the same.