SHERRY CORDOVA JEWELRY

Project Tag: wearable art

  • 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

  • CH Müller Rose Cut Tourmaline Earrings

    CH Müller Rose Cut Tourmaline Earrings

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    Sherry Cordova

    CH Müller Rose Cut Tourmaline Earrings with 10.01 carats of tension set rose cut tourmalines, Argentium sterling silver, stainless steel, 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.

  • The Earring Show 2022

    The Earring Show 2022

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    Sherry Cordova

    Juried Exhibit + Sale: Annual Fundraiser for the Craft Council British Columbia inVancouver, BC, Canada. Three pairs of my Snowflake Coral Polyp earrings were in this exhibition + sale of wearable sculptural art by 90 international artists. The hybrid event ran May 5 – June 30, 2022. Contact Craft Council BC directly tel:+1-604-687-7270 or via…

  • 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 Traveling

    Snowflake Coral Polyps Traveling

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    Sherry Cordova

    As land traffic quieted down in 2020, ocean shipping traffic increased. Snowflake Coral, an opportunistic hitchhiking animal, travels from port to port in the bilge water of ships. Bilge water released at a ship’s destination spreads the polyps who quietly invade and colonize new ports and defenseless reefs.

  • 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…

  • 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…