Silver Flower Hoop Earrings

These silver earrings are made using the ancient technique of filigree, revisited in a contemporary way. They present silver irregular flowers combined in a lace-like hoop.
They are made in sterling silver, each wire has been carefully bent and formed into this lace-like design.
They have been handcrafted, which means that I started from silver granules which she alloyed and melted, she made her own wire and proceeded on to make the pieces.
Filigree making feeds the interest that I have towards intricate ancient aesthetics: its floral and feminine nature, its slow and meditating process on one hand fulfills my curiosity of ancient techniques and on the other it results in delicate yet complex pieces which I'm naturally drawn to. My work is characterised by a constant research in finding a balance between these two contrasting aspects, in an attempt of rethinking filigree as an element of construction and not merely means of decoration.