Red Butterfly Earrings

Description

These beautiful cherry cola butterfly earrings are handmade from dichroic glass in my rural Ohio studio. All of the metal (with the exception of the small copper bead on each) is sterling silver, which is 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper for people with allergy concerns. They feature 3 tiny wire wrapped treasures, and each earring measures 1/2" (1.4 cm) wide by 1 7/8" (5 cm) long.

Dichroic glass was originally invented by NASA, but it found its home with glass artists. Dichroic - which means two color in Greek - is a perfect name for this glass, as it has two (or more) colors that show up depending on the light. Most of the time these earrings will appear a beautiful cherry cola color, but if you look at them nearly sideways the secondary color - a bright orange in this case - shows up.

These are the real thing: I start with sheets of dichroic glass, etch my designs into them, layer them, etc. I don't use dichroic paper, and all of my jewelry is properly annealed over a period of hours to ensure durability and longevity. Every piece of jewelry I make is one of a kind, (yes, I keep an inventory of every pair I make) and each piece is signed and dated.

If you would prefer posts, ear threads, clips, hoops, or french hooks, - put a note to the seller and I will change them. Clips require special order and cost extra. Please note changing this may change the overall look of the earrings.

© 2009 M. Sotherden Art Glass. No images or text may be copied without written permission from the studio.

Added on Oct 31, 2009