CGAG + AMG Bracelet

14.8 x 14 x 1.6 cm
4.8 x 5.5 x 0.6 in
inner oval: 2.5 x 3″

Titanium, low tarnish sterling silver, SST
Reversible

The microscopic marine creature namesakes of this bracelet were the inspiration for the layers of low tarnish sterling silver and titanium. The names of these tiny creatures are a mouthful: Campyloneis Grevillei Argus Grunow (sterling silver) and the diatom Auliscus Mirabilis Greville (titanium). Thin layers keep the bracelet lightweight and the stainless steel fasteners remind us that humankind’s activities on land affect even the tiniest of sea creatures.

See this bracelet in person on June 2, 2024 from 2-4pm at the reception for the “Around and Round” exhibit + sale at the gallery of Pajaro Valley Arts in the coastal California town of Watsonville. The bracelet will be part of the “See and Buy” at the reception where you can buy jewelry directly off the artists who made the pieces. The Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild Artists reception will be in the gallery and in the garden at 37 Sudden Street, Watsonville. For the two hours of the reception, you’ll be able to buy jewelry and take it home with you that day.

View of the Titanium side of CGAG + TDSM Bracelet

I modified the creature as I redrew the two microscopic creatures by hand; based on the drawings below. I digitized the new hand drawing, modified it again in CAD and sent the design to a laser cutter where it was cut in 30 gauge low tarnish sterling silver and Titanium. I textured, burnished and hand finished each curve and cutout by hand.

The grade 2 Titanium is pure Titanium. The low tarnish sterling silver resists tarnishing.

Learn more about how my radiolarian designs are created by watching the short video

Learn more about the CGAC at MarineSpecies.org: CGAC and learn more about diatoms like the Auliscus Mirabilis Greville

Auliscus Mirabilis Greville from Diatoms of France, Peragallo and Peragallo, Plate IV, Vol V, 1897

Campyloneis Grevillei Argus Grunow by Ernst Haeckel 1897

International Earring Exhibition + Sale: TES 2024

CCBC craft council BC The Earring Show 2024 with three singles of the 3 pairs of earrings by Sherry Cordova

Three pairs of my Radiolaria earrings have been juried into in this international earring exhibition + sale .

Wearable sculptural art created by 90 international artists is on display in-person and online.

The International Juried Earring Exhibit + Sale is an annual fundraiser for the Craft Council British Columbia. CCBC is located in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada.

All funds raised from the event go towards CCBC, its programs, and to help promote contemporary crafts in BC and Canada.

“The Earring Show 2024” exhibit + sale is available for online shopping
Thursday May 9 – August 31, 2024

On view in the CCBC Gallery May 9 – 23, 2024

The Hybrid Opening of the International Earring Exhibition + Sale is online and in-person May 9, 2022 at 7pm PT (online tickets will be available on Eventbrite)

Earrings in the juried show are for sale online: May 9 –August 31, 2024

Contact Craft Council BC directly tel:+1-604-687-7270 or via their website craftcouncilbc.ca

MARINE FAUNA MEETS INDUSTRIAL

Microscopic sea creatures are inspiration for these one-of-a-kind earrings. The earrings feature tension set stones in low tarnish sterling silver, dangling on hypoallergenic niobium ear wires.

Click the images below for larger photos of the earrings and details about each pair.

14 red garnet spheres glow in the light in this pair of low tarnish sterling silver earrings with niobium ear wires — CHM Garnet Spheres

Faceted garnet earrings in low tarnish sterling silver on a white background — CHM Garnet Spheres

About the International Earring Exhibition + Sale

“The Craft Council of BC presents year 11 of The Earring Show, an annual fundraiser, juried exhibition and sales opportunity for makers to showcase wearable art in a whole host of mediums.

Starting as a local, one-day fundraiser event, The Earring Show has grown each year. Craft Council BCs signature event has been accepting artists from around the world since 2021. The show allows viewers to see the artwork in person as well as online.

In 2024, The Earring Show will be a hybrid event, displaying earring submissions both at the CCBC Gallery in Vancouver and online.

The opening event will be hosted in-person and virtually on May 9, 2024, where winners will be announced.”

the craft council of bc’s signature event

Highlights contemporary jewellery design
Sheds light on the timeless connection between craft and culture, and how they influence each other
Presents a novel opportunity for the general public to engage with contemporary craft

The 11^th edition of the Earring Show is an exciting exhibition and sales opportunity for contemporary, designer-makers producing wearable art in a whole host of mediums.

Preview all the earrings for sale starting April 25th here.

red lines spelling out the intials of the craft council of british columbia canada

PAST EXHIBITS

“Forge the Future” Exhibition + Sale

Oct 9, 2021 – Nov 7, 2021 at the ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA. I’m honored that “Circogonia-Epibulia II on Siphonophorae Necklace” was selected to represent all the amazing artists in this upcoming exhibition + sale. “Forge the Future” helps celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Metal Arts Guild (MAG) based in the San Francisco Bay …

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“The Flame Within :: Metal Artistry Unleashed”

Juried Exhibition + Sale The juried exhibition and sale runs Oct 13, 2023 – Nov 12, 2023 at the ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California, USA Opening Reception: Saturday October 14, 4 – 6 pm I’m honored that three pairs of earrings are in this juried exhibition + sale. Metal Arts Guild (MAG) teamed up with the …

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Autumn Selections Exhibition

Two pairs of Snowflake Coral earrings were in the Autumn Selections exhibition at the Vargas Gallery in Santa Clara, California. Autumn Selections was an Exhibition of Jewelry and Small Sculpture by artists of the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild. The show ran from September 15, 2018 – October 31, 2018. Master metal smiths Lynda Watson and …

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CH Müller Faceted Garnet Earrings

CHM Faceted Garnet Earrings with 10.01 carats of tension set faceted garnets, low tarnish sterling silver, stainless steel, niobium ear wires

CH Müller Rose Cut Tourmaline Earrings

CH Müller Rose Cut Tourmaline Earrings with 10.01 carats of tension set rose cut tourmalines, Argentium sterling silver, stainless steel, niobium ear wires

CHM Carnelian Spheres Earrings

CHM Carnelian Spheres earrings with 7.22 carats of tension set red garnet spheres, low tarnish sterling silver, stainless steel, niobium ear wires

Coastal Bounty at ZFolio Gallery Monterey

Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild presented the “Coastal Bounty” gallery exhibition Nov 30, 2018 to January 2, 2019. ZFolio is one of MBMAG’s favorite places to exhibit with it’s beautiful setting, and friendly, knowledgeable and helpful staff. Everyone was welcome to join the artists and gallerists at the free artists reception the afternoon of Sunday …

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Connections Exhibit + Sale Monterey California

Spectacular new earrings will be on exhibit this fall and winter at ZFolio Gallery, Monterey California from Nov 24, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024

Embrace Exhibit + Sale Monterey California

Spectacular new earrings on exhibit now through Jan 6, 2023 at ZFolio Gallery, Monterey California

Jewelry on Exhibit at the Fuller Craft Museum

Two of my Radiolara inspired jewelry pieces were on exhibit at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton MA through Nov 8, 2020 as part of the juried 2020 Biennial Member Exhibition. The exhibit showcases craft based media such as wood turning, ceramics, furniture, glassware, basketry, wire sculpture, and jewelry.

CHM Carnelian Spheres Earrings

Tension set carnelian spheres tension set in low tarnish silver in these earrings. The view is of the front sides of the earrings with the orange carnelians glowing when lit from behind. The background is white.

6.8 x 3.5 x 0.8 cm

6.7 ct Tension Set Carnelian Spheres, Low Tarnish Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel, Niobium Ear Wires

Tension set 6.66 carats of carnelian spheres glow in the light as it shines through the front and back of the earrings. The ear wires are hypoallergenic niobium. The low tarnish sterling stays silver colored longer than the familiar and traditional sterling silver alloy.

Front and back of CHM Carnelian Spheres Earrings

The design is named after its inspiration: a radiolarian in the 1862 publication of microscopic sea creatures by Ernst Haeckel, appropriately titled “Art Forms in Nature’. To accommodate stones, I modified the creature as I redrew the Collosphaera Huxleyii Müller by hand. I digitized the drawing, modified it again in CAD and sent the design to a laser cutter where it was cut in 30 gauge low tarnish sterling silver. I textured, burnished and hand finished each stone setting by hand. Burnishing both sides of the metal increases the light bouncing through the stones.

Learn more about how these earrings are created by watching the short video

The earrings are viewable in the online gallery of the exhibit + sale Bring Back the Gems of gem infused artwork by SNAG members.

“The Flame Within :: Metal Artistry Unleashed”

Juried Exhibition + Sale

The juried exhibition and sale runs
Oct 13, 2023 – Nov 12, 2023 at the ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California, USA

Opening Reception: Saturday October 14, 4 – 6 pm

front angled view of a pair of earrings with faceted garnets tension set into the argentium sterling silver — CHM Faceted Garnets Earrings

A pair of earrings which consist of 3 layers each. The top layer is laser cut and hand formed and then patinated to create contrast between it and the lower 2 layers. All 3 layers are different designs. The niobium ear wires are angled towards each other in the photo. — Circogonia-Epibulia Earrings

I’m honored that three pairs of earrings are in this juried exhibition + sale.
Metal Arts Guild (MAG) teamed up with the ACCI Gallery and the Northern California Enamel Guild to showcase metal art in it’s many forms.

CHM Carnelian Spheres Earrings

Circogonia-Epibulia Earrings

CHM Faceted Garnets Earrings

Swipe left or right to see larger images of all 3 pairs of earrings

The Flame Within :: Metal Artistry Unleashed” exhibit + sale runs at North Berkeley’s historic Arts and Crafts Cooperative, the ACCI Gallery at 1652 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709.

The gallery is open to all (masks optional)
Mon – Sat: 11 am – 6 pm, Sun: 12 pm – 5 pm.
Visit or contact the gallery directly to purchase art or learn more: 1.510.843.2527

The Flame Within :: Metal Artistry Unleashed

A Biennial Collaborative Exhibition by ACCI Gallery, Metal Arts Guild, & Northern California Enamel Guild

“As artists, we experience the flame within, the drive to create. As metal artists, we then unleash our skill and utilize flame to convert our creative ideas into visible form. In both inner and outer spheres, we must balance wild abandon with conscious working within the constraints of the material, time, and our craft. Often the result of the unleashed is an unexpected, unique piece of art.
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Members of MAG, NCEG and ACCI will be showcasing their unique expressions in jewelry, sculpture, conceptual pieces, and works that explore every aspect of Metal. Ignite your own creativity with us as we unleash our Flames!”

“We Are SNAG: Ed. 3 2023”

Screenshot of online exhibit showing my Spring Radioloria necklace. The necklace is segments of curved argentium sterling silver sheet joined with industrial screws and nuts. The necklace joins at the back with a hook and loop created with argentium. The brooch/pendant is a hand illustrated radiolaria which has been modified to accept tension set orange and green rose cut tourmalines. The brooch hangs off the necklace and can be worn separately from the necklace.

WE ARE SNAG: Anthology 2023 is online now and includes this piece I created in 2023! The 3rd edition of the SNAG members online exhibition is not to be missed.

Spring Radiolaria Brooch-Necklace
6.6 x 3.26 x 0.8 cm

Spring Radiolaria brooch/necklace began as an enlarged hand drawing of a microscopic creature. Mentally deconstructing the zooplankton during the hand drawing phase, I morphed the creatures into flat layers which would rebuild as a 3D form. I used CAD software to ingest the layer drawings and further modify the designs of each layer. Individual vector files were sent to a laser cutter. I’d used all but one laser cut layer in the needed size, but I had replenished the 30 gauge titanium sheet in my workshop and had yet to send it to the laser cutter. I created vinyl templates using the vector drawings and the cutting machine I use for prototyping. I applied the vinyl to the titanium, then punched and sawed the final two layers for this brooch. Each rough-cut titanium layer was hand shaped, textured, and finished.

11.4 carats of tension set peach and green tourmalines were used in the rebuild of the zooplankton.

The patinated sterling silver necklace is jointed with stainless steel fasteners. The brooch pin stem slides through integrated loops in the necklace. The pin stem refastens on the back of the brooch once hung on the necklace.

At the back of the bench pin is the laser cut layer. The two layers on the wooden bench pin were in the process of being sawn and punched.

In process photo of titanium sheet being formed into layers for the brooch/pin by Sherry Cordova Jewelry

Connections Exhibit + Sale Monterey California

Sterling silver, low tarnish, earrings with tension set garnet spheres by Sherry Cordova Jewelry for the Connections exhibit + sale at ZFolio gallery. Monterey. Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild.

The Exhibit + Sale was held

Nov 24, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024

Connections

Exhibit + Sale

ZFolio Gallery, 750 Cannery Row, Suite 112,
Monterey, California 93940

Sherry Cordova was one of the 22 artist members
of the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild (MBMAG)
who are sharing their 61 pieces of hand made artisan jewelry.

CHM Garnet Spheres Earrings

CHM Rose Cut Tourmaline Earrings

"ZFolio. Connections. Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild. Sherry Cordova" Accompanying the text is a photo of a pair of blue and green rose cut tourmaline earrings. The tourmalines are tension set between 3 layers of low tarnish sterling silver and hung on niobium ear wires. SST fasteners help capture the stones. Created by Sherry Cordova Jewelry

CHM Gigantus Garnet Spheres Earrings

10 large garnet spheres tension set in a pair of sterling silver (low tarnish) earrings with niobium earwires. for the Connections exhibit at ZFolio gallery in Monterey California. Earrings by Sherry Cordova. Exhibit + sale sponsored by the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild

Art in the exhibit+ sale covered a wide range of styles, forms, and metalsmith techniques in the form of necklaces, earrings, bracelet and rings. The artists handmade one-of-a-kind pieces for everyone to enjoy.

Visit ZFolio at the endo f Nov to the beginning of January each year to view the exhibit and buy one-of-a-kind art from local artists. The exhibit items are all for sale and can be taken home with you the same day.

ZFolio Gallery is FREE admission for all and ADA accessible. Groups are welcome! Masks are optional.

Can’t visit, but see something you like? Call the gallery; they’ll be happy to help. 1.831.655.9891

GALLERY HOURS

Open Daily 11 am – 5 pm

The gallery is open every day of the year except Dec 25, 2022

VISIT ZFOLIO

Embrace Exhibit + Sale Monterey California

2 pairs of new art jewelry earrings by Sherry Cordova with details of the Monterey CA USA exhibit + Sale

Nov 18, 2022 – Jan 6, 2023

Embrace

Exhibit + Sale

ZFolio Gallery, 750 Cannery Row, Suite 112,
Monterey, California 93940

Sherry Cordova was one of eleven artist members of the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild (MBMAG) who shared their amazing hand made artisan jewelry. Keep your eyes out for another MBMAG event at ZFolio in the fall/winter of 2023.

Art in the exhibit+ sale covers a wide range of styles, forms, and metalsmith techniques. Come enjoy the necklaces, earrings, bracelet and rings. Our artists handmade one-of-a-kind pieces for everyone to enjoy.

Visit ZFolio to view the exhibit and buy one-of-a-kind art from local artists. The exhibit items are all for sale and can be taken home with you the same day.

ZFolio Gallery is FREE admission for all and ADA accessible. Groups are welcome! Masks are suggested.

Can’t visit, but see something you like? Call the gallery; they’ll be happy to help. 1.831.655.9891

GALLERY HOURS

Fri – Mon: 10:00am – 6:30pm
Tues – Thurs: 11:00am – 6:00pm

The gallery is open every day of the year except Dec 25, 2022

VISIT ZFOLIO

CH Müller Faceted Garnet Earrings

6.5 x 3.5 x 0.5 cm, 0.2 oz each

10.01 ct Tension Set Faceted Red Garnets, Argentium Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel, Niobium Ear Wires

Tension set 10.01 carats of red garnets glow in the light. Light shines through the front and back of the earrings. The ear wires are hypoallergenic niobium. Argentium is a low tarnish sterling silver alloy which remains silver colored longer than the familiar and traditional sterling silver alloy.

The earrings were in the juried exhibit + sale “The Flame Within:: Metal Artistry Unleased” at the ACCI Gallery featuring work by members of the Metal Arts Guild and the Northern California Enamels Guild.

Front and back of CHM Faceted Garnet Earrings

The design is named after its radiolarian inspiration. In the 1862 publication of microscopic sea creatures by Ernst Haeckel, appropriately titled “Art Forms in Nature’, Haeckel drew the creature. To accommodate stones, I modified the creature as I redrew the Collosphaera Huxleyii Müller by hand. I digitized the drawing, modified it again in CAD and sent the design to a laser cutter where it was cut in 30 gauge Argentium sterling silver. I textured, burnished and hand finished each stone setting by hand. Burnishing both sides of the metal increases the light bouncing through the stones.

Learn more about how these earrings are created by watching the short video

CH Müller Garnet Spheres Earrings

6.9 x 3.5 x 0.4 cm, 0.21 oz each

7.22 ct Tension Set Garnet Spheres, Low Tarnish Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel, Niobium Ear Wires

Red garnet spheres glow in the light as the light shines through the front and back of the earrings. The ear wires are hypoallergenic niobium. The low tarnish sterling silver alloy remains a silver colored longer than the familiar and traditional sterling silver alloy, minimizing the need to polish the earrings.

Front and back of CHM Garnet Spheres Earrings

Learn more about how these earrings are created by watching the short video

CH Müller Lapis Lazuli

side view close up of brooch pendant showing 3 layers of sterling silver with 21 carats of lapis lazuli tension set in the sterling silver brooch-pendant

Brooch-Pendant on Siphonophorae Necklace

4.8 x 4.9 x 0.8 cm
21 ct Lapis Lazuli
sterling silver and stainless steel

Brooch-pendant of sterling silver with 21 carats of lapis lazuli tension set in the sterling silver brooch-pendant. The etched through layers were created via electrolytic etching.

CH Müller Lapis Lazuli Brooch Pendant on Siphonophorae Necklace

The brooch-pendant can be worn on the Siphonophorae Necklace and on the Sterling Silver collar shown below.

Three pairs of my Radiolaria earrings have been juried into in this international earring exhibition + sale . Wearable sculptural art created by 90 international artists is on display in-person and online.

The Hybrid Opening of the International Earring Exhibition + Sale is online and in-person May 9, 2022 at 7pm PT (online tickets will be available on Eventbrite) Earrings in the juried show are for sale online: May 9 –August 31, 2024

MARINE FAUNA MEETS INDUSTRIAL

the craft council of bc’s signature event

The 11th edition of the Earring Show is an exciting exhibition and sales opportunity for contemporary, designer-makers producing wearable art in a whole host of mediums.

Juried Exhibition + Sale

Nov 24, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024

Connections

Exhibit + Sale

ZFolio Gallery, 750 Cannery Row, Suite 112, Monterey, California 93940

GALLERY HOURS

Nov 18, 2022 – Jan 6, 2023

Embrace

Exhibit + Sale

ZFolio Gallery, 750 Cannery Row, Suite 112, Monterey, California 93940

GALLERY HOURS

Three pairs of my Radiolaria earrings have been juried into in this international earring exhibition + sale .

Wearable sculptural art created by 90 international artists is on display in-person and online.

The Hybrid Opening of the International Earring Exhibition + Sale is online and in-person May 9, 2022 at 7pm PT (online tickets will be available on Eventbrite)

Earrings in the juried show are for sale online: May 9 –August 31, 2024

The 11^th edition of the Earring Show is an exciting exhibition and sales opportunity for contemporary, designer-makers producing wearable art in a whole host of mediums.

ZFolio Gallery, 750 Cannery Row, Suite 112,
Monterey, California 93940

ZFolio Gallery, 750 Cannery Row, Suite 112,
Monterey, California 93940