Stone-hooded jellies! These earrings appear delicately ethereal and flowy, but they are much sturdier than they appear! Each tentacle is soldered to the central stinging arm and work-hardened for rigidity.
Larkin has painstakingly cut, polished, and drilled the stone cabochons that are the bells of these jellyfish. The dark green is called “applegate jade” by the good folks at our local rock shop, but it is not a true jade and is more closely related to bowenite.
The pink is rose quartz.
Silver is *so* bright that it can be hard to capture in a photo! I like that the shadows in some of these pictures almost makes the tentacle pattern easier to see. 😅
The stone adds a lot of time to their making, and a whole lot of personality to the finished pieces. These are the only two pairs Larkin currently has made up, and they have some pure metal ones still as well!
