SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

Project Tag: small sculpture

  • CH Müller Lapis Lazuli

    CH Müller Lapis Lazuli

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    Sherry Cordova

    21 carats of Lapis Lazuli are tension set in the brooch-pendant of this necklace.

  • Circogonia-Epibulia Earrings

    Circogonia-Epibulia Earrings

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    Sherry Cordova

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

  • Sherry Cordova Jewelry @rrevv gallery

    Sherry Cordova Jewelry @rrevv gallery

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    Sherry Cordova

    Visit rrevv gallery in downtown Santa Cruz California for an in person look at the earrings and brooch pendant on display and for sale at this artist owned gallery. Click for details and more photos.

  • Snowflake Coral Travels Brooch-Pendant

    Snowflake Coral Travels Brooch-Pendant

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    Sherry Cordova

    1.5 x 4.3 x 4.3 cmArgentium sterling silver, repurposed suede offcut, stainless steel Snowflake coral polyps travel in the bilge water of ships and invade and overwhelm endemic species in Hawaiian archipelago reefs. Snowflake Coral is predator free in these new environments, upsetting fragile reef ecosystems. The brooch/pendant represents the bilge port hole and water…

  • 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.…

  • Autumn Selections Exhibition

    Autumn Selections Exhibition

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    Sherry Cordova

    Two pairs of Snowflake Coral earrings were in the Autumn Selections exhibition at the Vargas Gallery in Santa Clara, California. Autumn Selections was an Exhibition of Jewelry and Small Sculpture by artists of the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild. The show ran from September 15, 2018 – October 31, 2018. Master metal smiths Lynda Watson and…

  • 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