Velvet Egg Cockles with 18k Yellow Gold with Diamond Earrings

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Velvet Egg Cockles with 18k Yellow Gold with Diamond Earrings

About the Item

Very thin and very light "egg shells" or velvet egg cockles with diamond accents on diamond hoops. These earrings were inspired by my recent sailing travels and I just love the patina on the shells. 2" long with 1/6ct weight in diamond hoops. Shells have been used by Indigenous people across this planet. Even Nations originally located in the great plains, like mine, used shells historically acquired through sophisticated and complex trade routes. Making this collection has been engaging for me, as it addresses the value systems that my work is about. I believe that Native materials like shells and animal products are just as valuable as gold and diamonds, if not more. It takes a healthy planet and environment to sustain our oceans, our land, and our water which in return sustains not only animals, and plants but also our well beings. Diamonds and gold can exist without clean water and healthy soil. What is more important? A healthy planet or the wealth and profit that eurocentric jewelry represents?“The purpose of jewelry is not just for adornment. There’s information in it and it changes you when you put it on.” My jewelry falls into the category of wearable art as it has a conceptual narrative exploration at its core. I am Native American, I use traditional Kiowa imagery and materials in contemporary form. This inquiry happens through an exploration of imagery and materials to create a small sculpture complete upon its own, as well as worn on the body. Informed by current visual culture, the history and theory of modern art and my personal aesthetic, my goal is to create work that strives to embrace contemporary jewelry-making strategies by applying artistic methodologies that are different from traditional design processes. Different in that their dynamic comes from a content-based inquiry rather than tried and true design, marketability or a traditional form.

Creator:
Keri Ataumbi of Ataumbi Metals
Metal:
18k Gold,Sterling Silver,Yellow Gold
Stone:
Diamond
Stone Cut:
Brilliant Cut
Dimensions:
Width: 1.2 in (30.48 mm)Length: 2 in (50.8 mm)
Style:
Native American
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
2010-
Date of Manufacture:
2022
Condition:
Seller Location:
Madrid, NM
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2669218523792