Lately I have been into more rugged look and feel of wire-wrapping using larger stones and thicker gauge wire. As a result, my thinner silver wire hasn’t been seeing much action. Well, finally the mood struck: it was time to make many tiny wire wraps around many tiny gemstone briolettes. These maneuvers are truly enjoyable only when I am in no particular hurry, which pretty much sums up my mode of operation these days. :-)

Among my stash of tiny teardrop-shape briolettes, two kinds of stones were ruled small enough for the task: garnet and tourmaline. I decide to link them linearly for an elegant, draping look. Its mobile-like construction creates intriguing shifts and movements: individual briolettes swing around horizontally while the vertical axis is preserved. Definitely delicate and feminine in its effect. A pair in garnet is shown on the left.

The design gets even more interesting when color variation is introduced. Same long cascading design with green and pink tourmaline (left) and yellow-brown tourmaline (right).
All in all, I am pleased with they way these earrings turned out. The downside is, though, that they were pain in the neck to photograph. :-) It was obvious that my usual “laid-flat” shots were not going to cut it for these, and hanging them invited all sorts of logistic problems for photo shoot. Well, after hours of struggle, the shots above were the best ones I made. I hope I won’t have to do them too often. :-)