These lovely dangling earrings are made up of tiny pendants found in the South Asian markets of Afghanistan or Pakistan.
They have travelled to Canada where I gather all my little bits to produce jewellery, giving these pieces a new life.
These a quite light, the pendants being hollow.
I've made the ear hooks from sterling wire.
Most of the little tribal silver ‘bits' I use come from various dealers of tribal silver around the world. I've been ‘making' many years now and have met retailer many traders and dealers in person or through the wonders of the internet. These little beads and pendants started life as much more elaborate pieces of jewellery and have been broken down over the years to their individual elements. It's always wonderful to see old pictures of pieces in their entirety and see how the little dangles or beads you have were originally used.
Being vintage, these bits often have marks or are not perfect. It's all part of the life they lived before making it to my studio, and does not detract from the overall effect.
Product code: Retailer Tribal silver earrings