SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

Project Tag: stainless steel

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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

  • Red Snowflake Coral Polyps Floating

    Red Snowflake Coral Polyps Floating

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    Sherry Cordova

    EarringsRecycled Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel Fasteners, Niobium6.1 x 3.6 x 0.5 cm2.4 x 1.4 x 0.2 inch0.21 oz each (5.9 gm each) Snowflake coral polyps floating free 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