Bean Studs Glass Cloud Earrings but perfectly beautiful in their

but perfectly beautiful in their own right

that was a finalist in both the Small Sculpture Prize and the Estuary Art and Ecology prize

Each earring starts as a blob of glass that I carefully shape into a disk on the blowtorch and then press with a delicate spiral

but the results are stunning

I drill a hole in the centre of the spiral and attach handmade 20mm sterling silver hoops

Bean Studs Glass Cloud Earrings but perfectly beautiful in theirThese sterling silver studs were created using an innovative casting technique Jacob developed last winter. He melts down scrap silver from the studio and pours it into a casting vessel filled with dried white beans. The process might smell awful, but the results are absolutely stunning! Organic, one of a kind sterling silver shapes formed by the spaces between the beans making perfect mix and match studs. Small: 4 5mm diameter Large: 8 10mm