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crinoid fossil studs

crinoid fossil stud worn with indigo blue shirt

crinoid fossil studs

crinoid fossil stud earring worn with indigo blue shirt, flowering tree in background and foreground

crinoid fossil studs

crinoid fossil stud worn with indigo blue shirt

crinoid fossil studs

crinoid fossil stud earring worn with indigo blue shirt, flowering tree in background and foreground

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metal — sterling silver

sterling silver

14k yellow gold

pair | single

pair

single

A casting of an especially tiny fossil whose radial symmetry evokes motifs of ancient jewelry.

NATURAL HISTORY

Crinoids are marine animals that belong to the phylum Echinodermata and are related to starfish and sea urchins. They first appeared in the mid Cambrian period (about 300 million years before the dinosaurs) and still exist today. Crinoids attach to surfaces as a long stalk made up of endoskeleton rings called ossicles.

These studs were cast from a tiny ossicle fossil from the Ordovician period and came from the cliffs overlooking the Mississippi River near Saint Paul, Minnesota.

METAPHOR

What lasts.

fossil is approximately .2 inches | 5 mm
comes with sterling silver / 14k gold backings
sold individually or as a pair

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Details of the natural world to carry with you

About the Process

Each piece of Thicket jewelry begins with taking a mold of a found or foraged natural object. This mold is used in the process of lost wax casting to create a perfect replica, in solid fine metal, of the original natural object.

about the studio

A note from Rebecca

Why metaphor?

Jewelry is not only adornment - it is symbolism. Jewelry can be a talisman, a reminder, a covenant, a spell.

Humans have been ascribing meaning to the natural world for a very long time. In selecting natural objects to cast I think not only about the form and aesthetics but also the valences of meaning the object holds and I include these in the description of each Thicket piece. Each of these metaphors is a beginning, waiting for you to layer your own meanings and stories onto.

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