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Handmade Sterling Silver Earrings

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About this item

Materials
Sterling silver, Ceramic
Made in
County Durham
Description

Sterling Silver Earring Studs made from a broken ceramic plate. Created from ceramic plate discovered July 2020 Re-Created into earrings December 2020 In July 2020 I found a small decorative plate set which was damaged and destined for recycling. I love collecting and immediately saw how attractive the pattern appeared with strong rich blues. The plates were chipped and cracked badly so I thought the process of creating shards for any project might completely destroy any pattern. I gently clipped the edges with a small tile cutter, random shapes formed into varying pieces. Luckily the plates broke in a manner where a lot of the pattern survived. Every shard is different but sometimes fragments develop in a way that suggests pairs. Small orange flowers were dotted around the plate edge and I noticed two shards were similar but not the same. This ceramic is hard and difficult to work with, however, after a couple of hours sanding the earrings began to take form. The final shape isn’t perfect or identical, sometimes I will continue to sand until a smooth mirror image is created but these two flower shapes just looked more interesting as they are. Both earrings are approxiamately 10mm x 8mm x3mm. These earrings are unique, completely one of a kind, although I will be using the rest of the ceramic plate material for other jewellery or art projects I will not create another pair of earrings using just the orange flowers from these plates. F3 S2

A note from the seller

‘Fragments’ by Shards Create New from Old. Found by Chance. Full of History & Character.  Capture & Preserve Unique Moments in Time & Life. Produce New Stories from Broken Ceramics. Present & Deliver Unique Eco Friendly Keepsake Gifts in Sustainable Packaging. Delivery Costs. US Mainland includes All Duties Paid (will require a phone number added to delivery). Folksy 'Rest of the World' please read terms regarding any duties. Sadly unable at present to deliver to EU, but would love to.

Shipping & delivery

This item will be posted to you by Shards within 3 days of receiving payment.

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United Kingdom£2.00
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United States£6.00
Rest of the World£6.00

Useful Information

You can cancel the order and get a refund from the maker within 14 days of receipt, provided the item has not been used. Faulty items can be returned within six months of payment being made.

Unless faulty, the following types of items are non-refundable: items that are personalised, bespoke or made-to-order to your specific requirements; items which deteriorate quickly (e.g. food), personal items sold with a hygiene seal (cosmetics, underwear) in instances where the seal is broken; digital items.

Hand crafted Jewellery and framed artworks using pre loved and discarded ceramics. Ceramic material will show signs of wear. Entire process is a creative experience from discovery to final picture, nothing planned or preconceived. All materials personally collected from river banks, charity shops, roadside, woods, recycle centres, beaches, wherever dropped, dumped or donated ceramics are found, cleaned and shaped into new stories. Each titled piece comes with bio of where the ceramic came from, known history, original information and when the artwork was created. Some ceramics collected are used as found, while others are cut randomly which will shape the final picture. Every piece is individual, nothing replicated, however, due to repetitive patterns in ceramics there will be some similarity but only through the ceramic material not in the final piece.

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I love collecting, especially things that have been discarded. Anything that looks lost, forgotten or damaged and not wanted any more. Favourite places of mine to discover bits is rivers or beaches. I am lucky to live near the River Tees, Co Durham and often walk the banks picking up broken glass, pottery anything that can be cleaned and re-created into something new. Another amazing place is recycling centres where for very little I can rescue an old pot or plate. Charity shops have so many interesting pieces, bits and bobs of lives all waiting to find new homes. I bought the decorative plate set used to create these earrings from a charity shop in Bishop Auckland, Co Durham. After creating shards from the plates I now have a lot of material to inspire more jewellery, some of the shards are particularly interesting in shape. I never know what I’ll make until I start the process of creating shards, from then on the experience is totally creative an exciting.

What buyers say about Shards

All 27 reviews

  • Beautiful unusual earrings, a lovely way to recycle old pottery, and my order was promptly dispatched. Thank you once again, Stephanie.

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    Jean

    Bought 2 items
  • Delighted with the pendant, very high quality and lovely presentation. Very highly recommended!

    Handmade Pendant Necklace, One of a Kind Eco Friendly Gifts, thoughtful gifts.

    Lynne

    Bought 1 item
  • Bought as a gift. Really lovely, customer service excellent, arrived quickly. Thankyou

    Handmade Pendant, Sterling silver, One of a Kind, Eco Friendly

    Alison

    Bought 1 item