SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

a pair of 3 layer argentium sterling silver earrings with patina on the first hand formed layer

Circogonia-Epibulia Earrings

7.5 cm x 3.3 cm x 0.7 cm, 3.7 gm each
3 x 1.3 x 0.3”, 0.13 oz each

Recycled low tarnish sterling silver, stainless steel fasteners, niobium ear wires

The Circogonia-Epubulia design began with hand drawings based on Ernst Haeckel’s 1862 illustrations of microscopic sea creatures Circogonia and Epibulia. Mental deconstruction of the zooplankton during the hand drawing phase morphed the creatures into flat layers which would later become a 3D form.  CAD software ingested the layer drawings and was used to further modify and output individual layer files for a laser cutting machine. Each rough-cut sterling silver layer was hand shaped, textured, and finished before the Radiolaria was rebuilt with industrially produced stainless steel screws and nuts.

Back view of 2 earrings shows the niobium ear wires and the back low tarnish sterling silver layer, with peeks all the way through the layers to the front layer. The earrings are lightweight and radially shaped
Peek from the back through the crisp laser cut patterns of the three low tarnish sterling silver layers. The earrings feature handmade hypoallergenic niobium ear wires and stainless steel fasteners.

See the earrings in person in one of 9 European cities beginning in the Netherlands in Nov 2024 through Jan 2026 as part of the traveling exhibit + sale “Alegría, jewels” organized by artist and educator Luis Acosta of the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam.