Strange earrings
$345.00
These vintage sterling silver fob medals came to me with this beautiful, natural patina that I wanted to preserve. They came to me as a pair, engraved with the winner’s name, “P. Strange”. Who was P. Strange? Was Mr Strange a Football star? I bet he never thought these medals would be repurposed as earrings some 80 odd years after they were awarded. The patina on the medals is original; I attached them to high polished sterling silver circles and love the juxtaposition of the two time periods meeting to form this one of a kind pair of earrings.
Materials: sterling silver, vintage sterling silver fob medals from 1937 and 1941, natural patina.
Artwork Info
| Dimensions | 2.5 × 5.9 cm |
|---|---|
| Artist Name | Jacqueline Betsy Lord |
| Artwork Date | 2022 |
Artist Bio
Jacqueline Betsy Lord’s work is created in her studio amongst the Otway forest. A lover of jewellery from an early age, Jacqueline’s work is created using traditional metal working techniques incorporating found vintage glass pieces and other objects. Jacqueline is passionate about recycling, repurposing and minimising waste in her work. She uses glass made for the costume jewellery and lighting industries over the past century as it is found. Jacqueline does not rework the glass at all; rather working with it in the form it is found by embracing the beauty in any perceived imperfections of pieces that have lived a whole other life before arriving in her Otway forest based studio.