Wiggly Worm Opossum Earrings

Inspired by the the bizarrely soft and lovely color palette of the dead opossums I come across, with their faces white and soft as clouds and the pinks of their noses, tongues, and all things wiggly starting to emerge from them, these earrings play up both sides, depicting new life emerging through an array of glass beads, freshwater pearls, shell, and quartz that cascade down towards the wearers shoulders, adding movement and catching the light.

materials: enamel, watercolor enamel, copper, freshwater pearls, glass beads, shell, quartz, thread, sterling silver

length: 4 1/4"

width: 1 1/2"

*The earwires are sterling silver

*I hand-paint each individual piece of my jewelry with enamel. The pearls I use are freshwater and thus each one is slightly unique in shape. With these things in mind, please understand each pair of earrings may have slight differences from the pair pictured.