Honesty seed-pod earrings with reflective metallic light, just like a real seed pod glimmering in the autumn garden. The botanical name Lunaria comes from the Latin Luna, meaning Moon.
The name Honesty came later in 16th Century, some say as the transparent pods reveal their seeds 'honestly'.
 
Materials:
Sterling Silver
Finely detailed with silver seeds and an organic texture, with a soft polished finish.
 
Dimensions:
Total length approx 18mm and slightly curved, under the ear-lobe.
 
 
How it's made:
The original model was hand-fabricated from silver sheet & wire. Sheet was textured with paper in a mill and then a pod shape was sawn out & a section of wire soldered around the edge to strengthen. Little seeds were formed from molten blobs of silver.
A mold was made so that exact repeats can be formed using the ancient art of lost-wax casting (this bit is done by a casting company in London). Back here in Wales, they are tidied up, curved & given a soft polish to highlight the natural textures & sterling silver posts soldered on back.
 
Presented in an eco gift-box with a small silver cloth to polish with.
 
Rock Rose's collection of gathered seed-pod jewellery can be seen here...