Jewelry

November 21, 2020

Glass Window Earrings Offer a View Outside Hanging on Your Ears

Many creatives enjoy working with resin for its glass-like quality, and an artist known as Tomka puts a new spin on it with her incredible jewelry. Through her Etsy store, she produces exquisite handmade earrings modeled after arched glass windows. The designs feature beautiful botanical elements like flowers and fruits painted onto the individual panels.

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July 31, 2020

GPS Jewelry Turns Your Favorite Routes Into Wearable Abstract Designs

Design technologist Rachel Binx has created a way to turn your most jovial journeys and wondrous wanderings into physical trinkets. Whether it's an ambitious hike in unknown territory or a routine walk home, you can turn this routes into abstract jewelry through GPX Jewelry. Based in Los Angeles, Binx uses a location-tracking software that documents and then generates movement patterns into a virtual map.

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May 8, 2020

This 2,000-Year-Old Sapphire Ring Has an Incredibly Detailed Portrait Carved Into It

In the 18th century, George Spencer, the 4th Duke of Marlborough, amassed an incredible collection of carved gemstones and cameos. The Marlborough Collection was considered one of the best private jewelry collections and many of the 800 pieces of jewelry date back to antiquity. The collection was broken up in the 19th century to pay for repairs at Blenheim Palace and in 2019, an interesting gemstone from the collection came up for sale.

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November 13, 2019

Channel Frida Kahlo’s Artistic Passion with These Quirky Earrings

Are you stuck in a creative block? Sometimes what's needed is a little pick-me-up. Fortunately, the Yellow Owl Workshop has created a line of quirky earring sets to inspire artists and art enthusiasts alike. Whether you're a painter, a graphic designer, or a photographer, putting on some of Yellow Owl Workshop's jewelry could instantly boost your creative confidence.

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