SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

Project Tag: art jewelry

  • Volcanic Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO

    Volcanic Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO

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    Sherry Cordova

    Necklace Electrolytically etched, hand formed Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel 5.3 x 5.4 x 1 cm Volcanic human induced eruptions have modified the surface of the microscopic sea organism drawn by Ernst Haeckel in 1862 at the Strait of Messina. The stainless steel fasteners act as scaffolding for the deconstructed creature, and double as a…

  • 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

  • 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…