SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

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  • Breaking Waves Ring

    Breaking Waves Ring

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    Sherry Cordova

    Recycled sterling silver Hand formed Inspired by the waves breaking near West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz, California

  • Offshore Wave

    Offshore Wave

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    Sherry Cordova

    Recycled sterling silver Hand formed Inspired by the waves breaking offshore near West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz, California

  • Onshore Wave

    Onshore Wave

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    Sherry Cordova

    Recycled sterling silver Hand formed 4.5 x 2 x 0.3 cm, size 6 US Inspired by the waves hitting the shore near West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz, California

  • Turtle Excluder Device

    Turtle Excluder Device

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    Sherry Cordova

    Recycled sterling silver Cast, hand finished 3.5 x 2.2 x 2.5 cm, size 5 US The light fun ring pays homage to the Turtle Excluder Device (TED) which can be used by shrimp trawlers to save some of the thousands of turtles which are killed each year in shrimp trawling nets. In one of the…

  • Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO Octo Earrings

    Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO Octo Earrings

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    Sherry Cordova

    Sterling silver, stainless steel Electrolytic etch, hand formed 3.2 cm diameter x 0.6 cm each A microscopic sea creature was design modified and deconstructed into 3 layers to represent the industrialization and mutations of even tiny sea creatures due to human effects on the environment. Stainless steel nuts and bolts are the scaffolding that holds…

  • Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO Earrings

    Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO Earrings

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    Sherry Cordova

    Sterling silver, stainless steel Electrolytic etch, hand formed 3.5 cm diameter x 0.7 cm each A microscopic sea creature was design modified and deconstructed into 3 layers to represent the industrialization and mutations of even tiny sea creatures due to human effects on the environment. Stainless steel nuts and bolts are the scaffolding that holds…

  • Impetus: Collosphaera Spinosa DMO

    Impetus: Collosphaera Spinosa DMO

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    Sherry Cordova

    Necklace Electrolytic etched, hand formed Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel 5.3 cm diameter x 0.6 cm The impetus for the Radiolaria Series. Ernst Haeckel’s drawing of this microscopic sea creature sat on my workbench for years as I mulled over how to create what I’d envisioned in my head in an eco-friendly manner.

  • DMO Trio Spheres, Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller

    DMO Trio Spheres, Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller

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    Sherry Cordova

    Reversible pendant Carnelian, recycled sterling silver, stainless steel Electrolytic etch, hand formed, captured stones 4.3 x 4.3 x 0.9 cm Inspired by Ernst Haeckel drawing from 1862

  • Changing Hues: Color Embraced by Metalsmiths Around the World

    Changing Hues: Color Embraced by Metalsmiths Around the World

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    Sherry Cordova

    “Eye of the Hurricane” was invited into “Changing Hues: Color Embraced by Metalsmiths Around the World.” View the online exhibition March 2, 2014: Ganoksin is pleased to announce its fourth annual International Online Jewelry Exhibition is now open for public view. The exhibition explores metal works whose primary theme is color embraced as their primary…

  • Collosphaera Huxleyi, Cordova DMO Duo Dark

    Collosphaera Huxleyi, Cordova DMO Duo Dark

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    Sherry Cordova

    Necklace Electrolytic etched, hand formed Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel 5.1 cm diameter x 0.5 cm