earcandyarts – a region of StudioWhat

I’ve been busy the last weeks, making new sets of three, but as I worked I discovered something interesting…making pairs is fun too! So, as you will see, I have pairs available now though my Etsy shop and also at the Kingston Farmers most Saturdays. The sad thing is that I’m almost out of head pins.

Last fall I purchased beautiful silver from Rio Grande, a supplier in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The quality of their silver is the very best I’ve seen. I switched to “argentium” silver which will not tarnish! Many summer weekends outside at the market quickly tarnished my shiny bright silver earring parts, forcing me to face polishing with less than perfect results. According to Wikipedia, here is a description of Argentium silver: “Argentium sterling silver is a modern sterling silveralloy which modifies the traditional alloy (92.5% silver + 7.5% copper) by replacing some of the copper with the metalloid germanium. As it retains the 92.5% silver content of the traditional alloy, it is still referred to as sterling silver.”

The slide gallery on my welcome page shows my new earrings using Argentium silver components. Check my Etsy page too!