Ajijaakwe: Five new pairs of concha earrings by Wings.

Yesterday I said I would have five new pairs of earrings. It took an extra day, but here they are: five new pairs of concha earrings by Wings.

These are all offered at lower price points: $325 each for the first four pairs, and $315 for the fifth, which is 1/8" smaller than the others.

First up is my personal favorite, the Art Deco-influenced pair shown above. Here they are again [you can enlarge the photo by clicking on it]:

This pair is called Points of Light [and no, it doesn't reference that Republican colonizer; we've used such terms long before they ever thought of and then took credit falsely for them]. These are hand-scored in sharp right angles, with deep, repeating freehand micro-stamping over their domed surfaces. Florentine finish on this pair, and they really do dance. You can read their full description here.

The second pair is all about the daylight:

This pair is called, quite simply, Blue Skies. They're classic old-style conchas, each with an arc of four traditional sunrise symbols linked across the center, each topped by a single round cab of perfectly clear blue Kingman turquoise. the cabs are both offset from center, in mirror images of each other. You can read their full description here.

The third pair, though, is all about the night:

This pair is called At Each End of the Night. They're the same size as the two above (when domed, 1" across in all directions), and with the same radiant four-stamp motif as the turquoise pair. But these are set with he perfect glossy black of the night, small round onyx cabochons, again, offset and mirror images of each other. You can read their full description here.

Fourth is the last of the larger-sized pairs, with slightly different stampwork:

This pair is called The Way of the Moon, and they differ in a couple of respects. Same size, similar but not identical stampwork: This stampwork is a linked trio of a kiva-steps pattern inside a radiant motif. Here, the rainbow moonstone cabochons are placed below the stampwork line, and deliberately offset even from each other, showing the path the moon takes through the night. You can read their full description here.

The fifth and final pair is slightly smaller, but similar to the others in style:

This pair is called A New Light, and domed, they are 1/8 of an inch smaller than the four pairs above. It's not much; the doming makes it look more significant than it is. These share in the sunrise stampwork of second and third pairs — here, a trio — but with the cabs placed below like those of the fourth pair. These cabs, though, are centered, and they're rose quartz in a lovely soft pink (they're visibly pink, although they don't render that way on the screen). You can read their full description here.

As always, Wings's main page is here. You can order them via the site's Contact form. And we still need to make consistent sales in this fourth year of pandemic and loss, and we are facing enormous expenses in the middle of our worst sales year in a very long time, so shares are desperately needed and much appreciated.

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

Five new pairs of concha earrings by Wings.

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