SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

Project Tag: Haeckel

  • Circogonia-Epibulia Titanium Brooch

    Circogonia-Epibulia Titanium Brooch

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    Sherry Cordova

    Features of microscopic radiolaria were enlarged hundreds of times to be visible to the human eye. The brooch is based on two of Ernst Haeckel’s 1862 drawings, a Circogonia and an Epibulia.

  • Heliodiscus Phacodiscus Teal

    Heliodiscus Phacodiscus Teal

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    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. …

  • Circogonia-Epibulia II on Siphonophorae Necklace

    Circogonia-Epibulia II on Siphonophorae Necklace

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    Sherry Cordova

    The necklace was sold at the ACCI Gallery in Berkeley, California as part of the “Forge the Future” exhibit + sale which ended Nov 7, 2021 Circogonia-Epibulia II Brooch / Pendant on Siphonophorae Necklace Recycled Argentium Sterling Silver, Recycled Sterling Silver, Stainless SteelHand drawn, laser cut, hand finished 2.25” diam x 0.5” (4.7 x 1.3…

  • Circogonia-Epibulia

    Circogonia-Epibulia

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    Sherry Cordova

    SOLD Brooch / pendant. Recycled Argentium sterling silver & stainless steel. Hand drawn, laser cut & hand formed. 5.5 cm diameter x 1.4 cm  Features of microscopic radiolaria were enlarged hundreds of times to be visible to the human eye. The brooch/pendant is based on two of Ernst Haeckel’s 1862 drawings, a Circogonia and an Epibulia. The pendant/brooch…

  • Argentium Sterling Heliodiscus Phacodiscus Earrings

    Argentium Sterling Heliodiscus Phacodiscus Earrings

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    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.…

  • Prototype Impetus Collosphaera Spinosa DMO

    Prototype Impetus Collosphaera Spinosa DMO

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    Sherry Cordova

    Art Object Electrolytic etched, hand formed Brass, nickel silver, copper 5.5 cm diameter x 1.1 cm The prototype piece to determine if breakthrough etching was a viable process for bringing the Radiolaria Series to life. Based on Ernst Haeckel’s drawing of this microscopic sea creature which sat on my workbench for years as I mulled…

  • 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…

  • 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

  • Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO Trio Red

    Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO Trio Red

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    Sherry Cordova

    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…

  • Spongocyclia Cycloides, Haeckel DMO

    Spongocyclia Cycloides, Haeckel DMO

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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:…