Tiered blue enamel earrings with argentium sterling silver

Lately, I've been thinking about the living things around us that often go unnoticed--the insects crawling through the soil, the moss on the path, the lichen creeping across stones. These enamel earrings are inspired by the organic forms of lichen. They are entirely hand-cut from copper and shaped using a dapping block before being enameled in a cobalt blue opaque vitreous (glass) enamel. I never re-use patterns. Each of the shapes in my lichen-inspired jewelry is unique. These are bold, lightweight, and very subtly asymmetrical