For this month’s We’re All Ears Challenge, Erin chose the theme Leaping Greenly, because, Spring! New beginnings, and hope, inspired me very much, but other things in life landed in a heap on me, and I just didn’t get the time to turn any of my ideas into reality. This month, life continues to be busy, and I didn’t have anything ready for the challenge.
And just this morning, I remembered these two polymer clay mokume gane pieces that I’d made a long, long time ago, when I used to try to get mokume gane working for me. Cranking some creativity gears and carving out less than an hour resulted in these –
I love the elements in the mokume gane pieces – the greens, the silver and gold flecks! I don’t think I ever got mokume gane results similar to this one. I cut the shapes following a hand-cut template.
To turn these into earrings, I wrapped some green and gold wires around the top of the pieces. To the bottommost green wire, I also added a few white and gold loreal beads in between green seed beads. I like how this setup looks like a crown on Spring’s head. 🙂
A jump ring serves the dual purpose of keeping the wires in place and adding ear wires.
The earrings didn’t take much time at all. I think making sure that the wires don’t poke out at the back took the longest time. 🙂
This is a blog hop, so head on over to Earrings Everyday to check out more Spring-inspired jewelry!
Very pretty earrings. They look like Spring and fun to wear.
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Thank you, E.C.! They seemed too large at first, but are actually fine and fun. 🙂
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I love these earrings. The shape, colors, and design are all great.
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Thank you, Kathy! Wish my mokume gane results always turned out as well as this one. 🙂
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These are very redolent of Spring indeed. Love the tiny details.
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Thank you! Glad the tiny details add to the spring theme. 🙂
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cute earrings, I wish Indian spring was actually this green!
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Thank you! I think the colors could add up if you consider the lighter greens as young shoots and the darker ones as mature leaves… I agree the earrings are a bit more vibrant than real leaves. 🙂
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Perfect! Love the detailing!
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Thank you, Michelle! 🙂
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These are super cute! Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day too with the green & gold.
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Oh yes, these definitely work for St. Patrick’s Day too!
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Everything in this design is about spring – the green color and pattern of the dangles and the wire wrapping with the beads reminds of emerging flowers! Cool idea!
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Thank you, Rosantia! Love the emerging flowers concept, now I can’t think of anything else when I see the beads. 🙂
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Another pair of beautiful earrings! And they are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!
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Thank you Ginny! The pieces were made neither for spring nor for St. Patrick’s Day, but I love that they fit both themes. 🙂
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Dear Anita, I love your mokume gane in spring colors. And the finished earrings are very beautiful! Have a beautiful and inspired day!
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Thank you, Mihaela, I’m glad you like them! 🙂 Have a wonderful week ahead.
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Oh… so beautiful, Anita!
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Thank you, Amy! 🙂
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I think you are winning at the Mokume Gane! I love the way the various shades of green look like the leaves in a tree, sun dappled and bright and shadowed and cool. The little tiny dangles (so sweet!) are an inspired touch and bring a lot of interest and movement to these. Thanks for playing along with me in the We’re All Ears challenge on Earrings Everyday! Enjoy the day! Erin
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Thank you, Erin! The more I look at these earrings, the more I don’t want Spring giving way to Summer. (Even though it’s too late for those thoughts now. 🙂 )
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