Projects | SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO Trio Red

Sep 3, 2017

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Necklace Garnets, recycled sterling silver, stainless steel Electrolytic etch, hand formed 4.3 x 4.4 x 0.6 cm Tension set garnets between three silver layers mimic natures scaffolding in this embodiment of Ernst Haeckel’s 1862 illustration of a microscopic radiolarian from the Strait of Messina. The reversible pendant reveals two different views inside the microscopic sea…

Heliodiscus Phacodiscus DMO Golden Fire

Sep 2, 2017

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Sherry Cordova

Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel Electrolytically etched, fire patina 5.2 cm diameter x 0.6 cm Inspired by the microscopic sea creatures in Ernst Haeckel’s radiolarian drawings from 1862. Design Modified Organism multi-layer zooplankton as a ‘natural’ art form.

Spongocyclia Cycloides, Haeckel DMO

Sep 1, 2017

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Sherry Cordova

Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel Electrolytically etched, hand formed 6 cm diameter x 0.6 cm Created as a silver version of a mutation in giant clamshells due to acidification. The top layer was based on the drawing of the microscopic sea creature “Spongocyclia Cycloides, Haeckel” in Ernst Haeckel’s radiolarian drawings from 1862. DMO:…

Khanjar Letter Opener

Sep 1, 2017

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Sherry Cordova

Recycled sterling and fine silver Filigree, hand formed 16.4 x 4.6 x 2 cm Khanjar is featured in the book “500 Knives: Celebrating Traditional & Innovative Design“, Lark Press