SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

Project Tag: small sculpture

  • Snowflake Coral Polyps Reaching

    Snowflake Coral Polyps Reaching

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    Sherry Cordova

    Recycled Sterling Silver,  Coral Recycled Suede, Stainless Steel Fasteners, Niobium Ear Wires 2.5 x 1.4 x 0.2 inch Snowflake coral polyps reaching to invade more shores Click here to read about the design process and inspiration for the Snowflake Coral Series

  • Snowflake Coral Polyps Colonizing

    Snowflake Coral Polyps Colonizing

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    Sherry Cordova

    Earrings Recycled Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel Fasteners 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.4 inch Snowflake coral polyps building layers as the colony grows Click here to read about the Snowflake Coral Series design process and inspiration

  • Snowflake Coral Polyps Reaching Teal

    Snowflake Coral Polyps Reaching Teal

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    Sherry Cordova

    Earrings Recycled Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel Fasteners, Recycled Suede, Niobium Ear Wires 2.1 x 1.3 x 0.2 inch Click here to read about the inspiration and design process for the Snowflake Coral Series

  • Snowflake Coral Polyps Reaching in the Current

    Snowflake Coral Polyps Reaching in the Current

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    Sherry Cordova

    Earrings Recycled Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel & Niobium Fasteners 2.4 x 1.4 x 0.2 inch Snowflake coral polyps reaching to invade more shores Click here to read about the inspiration and design process for the Snowflake Coral Series

  • Radiolarian C. H. Muller

    Radiolarian C. H. Muller

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    Sherry Cordova

    Necklace Electrolytic etched, hand formed Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel 47 x 49 x 9 mm The necklace represents a Collosphaera Huxleyi Müller radiolarian, a microscopic sea creature which I’ve scaled up to bring attention to it and the wearer. The radiolarian is based on one of Ernst Haeckel’s drawings in his 1862 book “Art…

  • 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…

  • Collosphaera Cordova DMO

    Collosphaera Cordova DMO

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    Sherry Cordova

    PendantReversibleElectrolytically etched, hand formed Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel5 cm diameter x 0.7 cm (2 x 2 x 0.3″) Imaginary companion to the microscopic sea organisms drawn by Ernst Haeckel in 1862 at the Strait of Messina. Reversible pendant. The stainless steel fasteners act as scaffolding for the deconstructed creature, and double as a hidden…

  • 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

  • Onshore Wave

    Onshore Wave

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    Sherry Cordova

    Recycled sterling silver Hand formed 4.5 x 2 x 0.3 cm, size 6 US Inspired by the waves hitting the shore near West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz, California