By Michael Good
Located in Miami, FL
Drop earrings designed by Michael Good.
Fabulous and very rare pair of drop earrings, created in Rockport Maine by the artist goldsmith Michael Good, back in the 1990's. These beautiful unusual pair has been crafted in the shapes of an aerodynamic leaves, in solid yellow gold of 18 karats with high polished finish. Fitted with integrated hooks for pierced ears.
Diamonds: Mount in a pave setting, with 136 calibrated round brilliant cut diamonds, 4.08 carats, white colorless F color, VS-2 clarity.
Birthstone: Diamonds for the month of April
Weight: 9.45 Grams, (6.08 Dwt).
Measurements: Drop of 55 mm and a width of 17 mm (2.16 x 0.67 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the gold and signed, "MICHAEL GOOD .750".
Michael Good, whose name is synonymous with anticlastic raising, has developed and expanded the definition of jewelry and metalsmithing to sculptural forms that are a natural extension of the human form. Michael Good spent his youth in both the US and Europe. In the late 50s he moved to NYC where he worked as a social activist. It was in NYC that he started working with a sculptor who taught him some very rudimentary metalsmithing skills. In 1969, Michael and his wife, Karen, moved with their son “back to nature” to a minuscule town in northeast, Maine. They spent several years logging, clamming, and any other odd jobs possible to make a living, while at the same time, Michael continued to work on jewelry. In 1977, he took a workshop with Heikki Seppa, a Finnish metalsmith who showed him the basic techniques of putting a compound curve into a sheet of metal (like a saddle form). Michael was fascinated with the process and figured out how to continue forming the curve into a tube. From 1981–1986, he won several prestigious awards, including Intergold, Diamonds Today, and Diamonds International. This laid the foundation for a long career designing jewelry and sculpture using the now well-known technique of Anticlastic Raising. Michael has shown his work in both jewelry stores and galleries since the early 1980s. Over the past several years, he has concentrated his efforts on a more limited number of elite stores, as well as his own gallery located in Rockport, Maine. (Michael Good gallery with thanks.)
Exhibitions: 1997 American Jewelry Design Council Members Exhibition, National Metals...
Category
1990s American Modernist Michael Good Drop Earrings
MaterialsDiamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold