I refer to these earrings as "Dragon Skin" because I created a sheet of mokume gane clay artwork that resembles dragon skin in the colors of green, purple and black. The clay has a shimmery pearl effect. The featured teardrop pieces were cut from the sheet of clay artwork, sanded and coated with resin. I made the earwires and the connections that run through the clay pieces with solid sterling silver. The beads at the top are black glass crystals that add to the shimmery fun of these dangly earrings. The picture appears to have a couple of bubbles on the clay teardrops, but they are simply reflections on the shiny surface of the resin coated clay.
These unique earrings will be available for purchase at my trunk show this weekend. Come visit me at the Dutch Reformed Church off Route 9 in Hyde Park, NY.
Metal artists use a method called mokume gane where they layer different metals to create patterns. Clay artists have borrowed this method and we are able to create very unique artwork using this ancient technique. Layers of different colors of clay are manipulated and then shaved to use in our artwork.
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