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PARCHMENT BLOSSOM EARRINGS
$40.00
handmade
community voted (136 votes)
Fresh-Picked Beauties
These delicate flower earrings fresh enough to be just-picked from the garden, but you might not guess that it's the vegetable garden. The creation of artist Margaret Dorfman, these flowers have petals and leaves crafted from thinly sliced vegetables. The veggies are picked for their rich color, and then cured, pressed, aged and dried into thin sheets. The parchment-like sheet is then shaped into their delicate flower forms and mounted on gold filled earring hooks. Each blossom is finished with a semi-precious stone as the tip of its stamen. Handmade in California.
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Choose from four combinations:
White Blossom Potato and Thai Green Papaya with Peridot
Watermelon radish and Zucchini with Tourmaline
Purple Potato with Amethyst Stamen
Beet with Natural Garnet Stamen
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- Item ID: 22100
- Materials: amethyst, peridot, tourmaline, dried vegetables, 14kt gold filled wire
- 3" long with stem x 1/2" wide, each set varies slightly due to handmade nature
- Handmade in California.
Store out of direct sunlight.
Margaret Dorfman
Margaret's work is made by hand from over 40 different varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables that are cured, dried, pressed and aged in a 10-14 day process. The translucent parchments that result capture and preserve the jewel-like colors and intricate structures that are characteristic of each fruit or vegetable. She calls this Vegetable Parchment, because the texture and translucency calls to mind the vellum parchments of medieval Europe.
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Q and A
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136 votes * 23 comments
Cassie, UncommonGoods Community Moderator
These lovely earrings remind us of spring, so it's funny to think that a harvest was involved in their making. Artist Margaret Dorfman actually handmakes each delicate flower from dried fruits and vegetables. Would you wear a pair?
Laurel
Vote: Thumbs up!
Quite beautiful and so unique...just what I love. Would love to buy a pair!
Malorie
Vote: Thumbs up!
These are pretty!
Rita
Vote: Thumbs up!
Love these! Handmade!! Yeah! And in USA!!
Tamara
Vote: Thumbs up!
i wonder how fragile they are
Carolann
Vote: Thumbs up!
Quite beautiful and from the vegetable garden--Yay.
Christine
Vote: Thumbs up!
These are gorgeous!
Megan
Vote: Thumbs up!
Unique.
Diane
Vote: Thumbs down!
anything less than 14kt or sterling silver makes my ears scream with pain
Deborah
Vote: Thumbs down!
I understand the complex process but these are far too expensive.
Carol
Vote: Thumbs up!
A bit pricey, but I would buy a pair just because they are so unusual,
Susan
Vote: Thumbs up!
I'm all for using natural materials, this is truly amazing, I love when people use their creativity.
Jennifer
Vote: Thumbs up!
I too wonder how fragile they are, especially at $40. I'd hate if my long hair ruined them the first time I wore them.
Laurie Beth
Vote: Thumbs up!
I love how delicate and pretty these are. I would love the calla lilly ones.
Rachael
Vote: Thumbs up!
Again, gorgeous!
Jennifer
Vote: Thumbs up!
A little pricey but very cute and an awesome idea
Izzy
Vote: Thumbs up!
these are so pretty! unfortunately i dont think i could bring myself ot spend the money on them....
lisa
Beautiful.
MJ
Clever idea and their story would be good for conversation but too much $$$
Cynthia
unique
Nancy
These are beautiful but a little pricey
elen
they are so beautiful!
Sandra
Most AWESOME earrings ever!!!