SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

Project Tag: jewelry

  • Jewelry on Exhibit at the Fuller Craft Museum

    Jewelry on Exhibit at the Fuller Craft Museum

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    Sherry Cordova

    Two of my Radiolara inspired jewelry pieces were on exhibit at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton MA through Nov 8, 2020 as part of the juried 2020 Biennial Member Exhibition. The exhibit showcases craft based media such as wood turning, ceramics, furniture, glassware, basketry, wire sculpture, and jewelry.

  • 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…

  • Coastal Bounty at ZFolio Gallery Monterey

    Coastal Bounty at ZFolio Gallery Monterey

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    Sherry Cordova

    Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild presented the “Coastal Bounty” gallery exhibition  Nov 30, 2018 to January 2, 2019. ZFolio is one of MBMAG’s favorite places to exhibit with it’s beautiful setting, and friendly, knowledgeable and helpful staff. Everyone was welcome to join the artists and gallerists at the free artists reception the afternoon of Sunday…

  • Snowflake Coral Polyps Deep Red

    Snowflake Coral Polyps Deep Red

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    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

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    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

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    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

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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.…

  • Heliodiscus Phacodiscus DMO Earrings Titanium & Argentium

    Heliodiscus Phacodiscus DMO Earrings Titanium & Argentium

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    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…

  • Snowflake Coral Pendant

    Snowflake Coral Pendant

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    Sherry Cordova

    Recycled Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel Fasteners 2.6 x 1.5 x 0.2 inch Two layer pendant with a laser cut snowflake coral polyp and a laser scribed snowflake coral polyp Click here to read about the design process and inspiration for the Snowflake Coral Series

  • Snowflake Coral Series

    Snowflake Coral Series

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    Sherry Cordova

    The idea for a snowflake coral series came to me as I was observing the invasive coral species while SCUBA diving in the Hawaiian Islands. Focusing on the tiny coral animal, the polyp, meant I’d need to magnify it’s scale. The earring designs began as hand drawings. The digitized drawings were converted into CAD drawings,…