Green Tourmaline, Opal, Golden Rutilated and Dendritic Quartz Earrings with Twigs

Dendritic Quartz, Green Tourmaline, Ethiopian Opal, Fine Silver, Sterling Silver, 22K Yellow Gold, 18K Yellow Gold, 14K Yellow Gold

2in length × 3/4in width

I grew up in Georgia collecting rocks and shells and feathers and all sorts of other organic ephemera - I consider myself a scavenger who has always loved the tiniest things, the most insignificant details. It's all treasure, if only we look closely enough.
Making jewelry is how I process and share this innate wonder at our surroundings through hand-crafted one-of-a-kind pieces that marry the fine with the fragile, the valuable with the overlooked.
Training in lost-wax casting in northern Italy, apprenticing to a Master Goldsmith in New York City, managing a fine jewelry repair shop while mastering the art of stone-setting in New Orleans, and being educated in gemology in California - this breadth of experience has led me to work with all kinds of materials, the 'high' and the 'low', and they are equal in my view, from quartz to diamonds, and from silver fabrication to classical goldsmithing techniques.
The work runs the gamut of my personality, and of the character of the places I've lived and worked.

Artist Bio:
Emily is a classically trained jewelry artist who has worked in metal for over thirty years. Having worked with numerous skilled metalsmiths across the country, she uses techniques learned at school and in the field. The artisan jewelry she makes aims to be playful and elegant, while also maintaining the quality and craftsmanship found in fine jewelry.
Emily has a degree in Jewelry Design from SUNY ? FIT, a Colored Gemstones Certification from the GIA, and has taught workshops at Buck?s Rock Camp in Connecticut, at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and privately through her home studio.