Organic free-form half hoop earrings.Handmade by recycling sterling silver and casting in situ. Each pair will be slightly different. Heavy weight of sterling silver. Approx 20-22mm diameter. Comes with sterling silver butterfly backs.
*MADE TO ORDER, SO PLEASE ALLOW 2-3 weeks*
Inspired by Scourie Dykes in the far North West coast of Scotland
‘The rocks at Scourie are mostly composed of three-billion-year-old Lewisian gneiss, the oldest rock formations in Western Europe. Formed originally as igneous rocks in the Earth’s crust, the gneiss was later buried over 25km below the surface, where it was heated, squeezed and stretched. As the individual minerals which make up the rock were placed under pressure, they reformed and lined up. This helped create the banding effect you can see in the gneiss – it is partly due to the composition of the original rock types and partly due to this intense heating and squeezing. When the bands were squeezed by later tectonic activity, they sometimes folded – rather like a concertina – and formed some incredible swirling patterns.
After all this, the gneiss at Scourie Bay was split vertically and magma was pushed up through it, which crystallised quite quickly to form a dark igneous rock in sheets called ‘dykes’.scottishgeology.com
