Blue Natural Stone Mosaic Drop Earrings

Alison Jean Cole Mosaic Drop Earrings with Sterling Silver wire.

The stones fill a 34mmx36mm area and hang 65mm on hammered Sterling Silver wire. The earrings weigh 5 grams each.

Cut from fossicked and collected raw minerals, joined together into a mad patchwork of incredible colours and textural patterns. Alison has a great eye for colour collage and shapes.

Made from: Chrysocolla, Alunite & Lapis

Know Your maker

Alison Jean Cole is a geology enthusiast and artist based in Portland, Oregon. She travels all over the western deserts in search of material to use in my craft.

"There is a special place in my heart for colourful rocks. I  pick up a lot of material from all over the world at gem shows, too. My studio set up is pretty small. I'm a one woman show. I make slabs from large chunks of rock on a slab slaw, and then trim those into smaller pieces on a trim saw. I use a special grinding wheel called a flat lap to work each piece into its desired shape." 

Each winter Alison publishes Thunderegg - a literary journal that focuses on the changing face of rockhounding  (gem hunting) culture. 

All landscape and studio process photos Alison Jean-Cole