Their use as ear ornaments has been disputed, but representations on coins prove that even bulbous spirals like these were thrust through a hole in the earlobe. Spiral Earrings Silver & Gold Earrings Created by Nancy Linkin Beautiful, curvilinear forms are created by the artist from sterling silver and 18k gold bimetal using the anticlastic raising technique. From the ear to the bottom of the earring. The spiral represents the journey that all. Round and round they go this petite 14KY earring is 1/2 in diameter and made with interlocking spirals. The spiral is a symbol used by many cultures whose meaning is related. Spirals in general have a long history in Greek jewelry, with the first examples dating to the 9th century BCE. The ancient symbolism of spiral earrings. The ornamental collars that join the plain spirals and the heads are decorated with an undulating wire framed by outer borders of plain and beaded wires. A new signature and a guaranteed staple, after a long wait we finally introduced our.

The heads were worked in repoussé in two halves and then joined the seams are still visible. Attached to each end is a terminal in the shape of a double-faced head with female features, wearing a Phrygian cap and spiral earrings of exactly this type. VIDA : LIFE the spiral represents the life journey, texture marks the scars of life, scars of different emotions and. Each earring is a hollow, omega-shaped spiral that tapers toward the upturned ends. One of the most popular types of Archaic Greek ear ornaments, known from pictorial representations as well as from actual finds, is exemplified here by these ear spirals.

Spiral earrings