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Handmade Drop Earrings, Broken China, Unique Earrings

Handmade Drop Earrings, Broken China, Unique Earrings

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Jewellery boxes are made from FSC®-certified cardboard and water-based glue. Jewellery box inserts are made from tall oil, a by-product of wood pulp industry. All paper, card, glue, inks and delivery boxes used are made from recycled materials.

The idea is to create something new from old, found by chance unique, full of history and character. To present and deliver Eco Friendly gifts in Sustainable Packaging.

I love collecting ceramic discarded, lost, forgotten, damaged or just not wanted any more. Favourite places are rivers and beaches, but also find great things at recycling centres and charity shops. I’m 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-worked and crafted into something new. Bits and bobs found by chance waiting to find new homes.

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Hand crafted Jewellery and framed artworks using pre loved and discarded ceramics. Ceramic material will show signs of wear and damage. 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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Ceramic discovered

Barnard Castle January 2022

Handcrafted into

EarringsDecember 2024

I found a few interesting pieces of ceramic in a charity shop, Barnard Castle. Some were rescue plates, cracked or badly damaged, others were stand out pieces, slightly damaged and sitting on a top shelf 6 small side plates, reduced to clear and perfect for a new project.

These earrings are made from one of those small side plates, striking blue, green, black design. I gently clipped the ceramic with tile cutters to create random pieces. Several shards broke and shattered which let me know it might be difficult to create anything from the plates. With this in mind I managed to clip more pieces and drill holes in random plates to allow for shattering.

Two shards formed small, attractive in shape and pattern, perfect for earrings. Front glaze in tact, back, sides sanded and sealed with Eco Friendly sealant. Similar in shape, design and size but completely individual.

The idea is to create new from old, the finished piece isn’t meant to be perfect or highly polished. Instead retain part of the original character.

925 Sterling Silver hooks.

Measures approximately 27 mm x 9 mm (widest) x 2 mm

Full drop approximately 40 mm

Delivered in gift box made from FSC®-certified cardboard and water-based glue. Presented on Jewellery box insert made from tall oil, a by-product of paper production. Sustainable gifts, complete with short bio.

Designed by Stephanie

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