My kid sister loves jewelry! And of course you guessed it.. her name is Melanie! In particular she is drawn to super long designs. This inspired me to create these 5″ long earrings.

Originally I had created a design for her using copper with silver fused in and sterling silver components. They were 4 1/2″ long. Recently I was not feeling the vibe with that design. So I set about looking for another design that was more in keeping with the style that Melanie would wear. In addition I needed this new design to ‘speak’ to me. That’s the way I describe when all my senses KNOW this is it!

The design process

I started with a textured gold-fill hoop. The openness of this component offered many options for the final earring. I decided upon a smaller textured silver hoop to place in front of the gold-fill. This was the easy part! Finding the proper dangle was more difficult than I planned. I experimented with 10-12 different dangles before I happened upon the answer. The dangles are sterling silver plated with rhodium to create the shiny blackened patina. Voila! The Melanie earrings are done!

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