SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

Project Tag: bijoux contemporain

  • Alegría, jewels: European Exhibition + Sale: Traveling to 9 Countries

    —

    by

    Sherry Cordova

    Feb 6 – March 21, 2025: Galería Lalabeyou in Madrid, Spain A 9 country tour of Europe for “Alegría, jewels” a traveling show includes ten Sherry Cordova Jewelry designs juried into this international exhibition + sale. Wearable sculptural art created by 32 international artists will be on display in-person at 9 jewelry galleries. The International…

  • Connections Exhibit + Sale Monterey California

    Connections Exhibit + Sale Monterey California

    —

    by

    Sherry Cordova

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

  • Circogonia-Epibulia Earrings

    Circogonia-Epibulia Earrings

    —

    by

    Sherry Cordova

    Circogonia-Epibulia earrings of recycled Argentium sterling silver, stainless steel fasteners, and niobium ear wires

  • Snowflake Coral Polyps Traveling

    Snowflake Coral Polyps Traveling

    —

    by

    Sherry Cordova

    As land traffic quieted down in 2020, ocean shipping traffic increased. Snowflake Coral, an opportunistic hitchhiking animal, travels from port to port in the bilge water of ships. Bilge water released at a ship’s destination spreads the polyps who quietly invade and colonize new ports and defenseless reefs.

  • Heliodiscus Phacodiscus Teal

    Heliodiscus Phacodiscus Teal

    —

    by

    Sherry Cordova

    Brooch / PendantArgentium sterling silver, recycled suede, stainless steel 3.5 cm diameter x 0.7 cm Heliodiscus Phacodiscus Teal Brooch-Pendant began with hand drawings based on Ernst Haeckel’s 1862 illustrations of microscopic sea creatures.Mental deconstruction of the zooplankton during the hand drawing phase morphed the creatures into flat layers which would later become a 3D form. …

  • Snowflake Coral Polyps Deep Red

    Snowflake Coral Polyps Deep Red

    —

    by

    Sherry Cordova

    Inspired by the  invasive snowflake coral species now seen more often in the waters of the Hawaiian Islands. The species is spread by cargo ships and has no natural predators in Hawaiian waters. Hand drawn, laser cut, hand finished 5.8 x 3.6 x 0.4 cm Titanium and recycled red leather. Stainless steel fasteners with handmade niobium…

  • Snowflake Coral Polyps Earrings Red Reaching

    Snowflake Coral Polyps Earrings Red Reaching

    —

    by

    Sherry Cordova

    Snowflake Coral Polyps Earrings Red Reaching created with argentium sterling silver and recycled hide leather, with niobium ear wires and stainless steel fasteners by Sherry Cordova Jewelry

  • Snowflake Coral Polyps White Reaching

    Snowflake Coral Polyps White Reaching

    —

    by

    Sherry Cordova

    Titanium and recycled leather Stainless steel fasteners with handmade niobium ear wires Hand drawn, laser cut, hand finished 6.5 x 3.6 x 0.5 cm Inspired by the  invasive snowflake coral species now seen more often in the waters of the Hawaiian Islands. The species is spread by cargo ships and has no natural predators in…

  • Argentium Sterling Heliodiscus Phacodiscus Earrings

    Argentium Sterling Heliodiscus Phacodiscus Earrings

    —

    by

    Sherry Cordova

    Inspired by the microscopic sea creatures in Ernst Haeckel’s radiolarian drawings from 1862. Hand drawn, laser cut, hand finished 3.5 cm diameter x 6.5 cm x 0.7 cm Argentium sterling silver layers. Stainless steel fasteners with handmade sterling silver spacers and niobium ear wires. Argentium silver is a low tarnish sterling silver. Niobium is a hypo-allergenic metal.…

  • Heliodiscus Phacodiscus DMO Earrings Titanium & Argentium

    Heliodiscus Phacodiscus DMO Earrings Titanium & Argentium

    —

    by

    Sherry Cordova

    The earrings were inspired by the microscopic sea creatures in Ernst Haeckel’s radiolarian drawings from 1862 of a zooplankton. Hand drawn, laser cut, hand finished3.5 cm diameter x 6.5 cm x 0.7 cm Titanium front layer and argentium silver back layer. Stainless steel fasteners with handmade sterling silver spacers and niobium ear wires.  Argentium sterling silver…