Up for sale is a fabulous pair of sterling silver southwestern style earrings. Done in deeply oxidized sterling silver, these have a pear-shape and are done in the repousse technique. These are absolutely beautiful. They're simple and elegant, yet bold and modern, and they make quite a statement. Artist is Florence Francis, Navajo, and they were purchased at the Santa Fe Indian Market. A great pair of earrings for the southwestern jewelry collector, or anyone who loves beautiful jewelry, and ones that will never go out of style. For pierced ears with a sterling hook earwire, they measure 2-3/4" long from top of earwire to bottom, and 1-3/8" wide. Like new, in excellent condition, guaranteed authentic, artist's hallmark stamped on back.
From Florence:
"I like to use the repousse technique so much of my work are repousse. I also handstamp and have started chiseling most recently. I layout the design of the piece being created on silver then I bump out the design. Once the design is bumped out, if the piece will be inlaid with stones I make the bezel for the stones, solder the bezel on the piece. Once that's done I file and buff. Once it's buffed I apply the patina on the pieces. After that I use the wheel to shine up the bumped out design so it stands out. I leave a lot of patina on my pieces to give it the antique traditional look."