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Bluebell Flower Drop Vitreous Enamel Earrings - Cloisonné and Champlevé Enamel on Fine Silver w Sterling Ear Wires - Sandra McEwen

Materials: Champlevé & cloisonné Enamels on Fine silver.

Earrings

Size: 18 x 38 mm

All my jewelry is handmade by me in my studio in beautiful Wilmington, North Carolina.

Did you know that enamels are melted glass?

Yes! It's true... To create this lovely pair of earrings, I first fabricated the silver base out of sheets of fine silver. The lines of the design are actually fine silver wires that I meticulously bent by hand (and tweezers) into the shapes you see. Then I placed granules of ground up glass (enamels) in between the wires and melted them in the kiln. There are as many as 20 layers of glass in each individual piece! After I've added all the layers of glass, I carefully grind and polish it until it sparkles!