Earring Challenge

The first pair of earrings for the earring challenge, as you can see below in the previous post, were focused on found objects in which I chose sea shells. This second pair shown here were focused on line. I chose to work with sterling silver 18 gauge wire, I soldered two mirror imaged structures to form one pair of earrings. 

Earring hooks are the same as the earrings, hand made in 18 gauge sterling. I chose thicker sterling for the structure, although it was risky to use a thick gauge for earrings, 20 gauge is a more common size. I have no problem getting 18 gauge into my piercings so they're okay for me but perhaps if I were to reproduce this pair, I would make the hooks out of 20 or 22 gauge sterling. These were fun and simple and the hardest part was soldering.