Brief Summary…

• Recycled silver Victorian sixpences
• Hand carved and engraved details
• Hand cut from the shilling with traditional jewellers piercing saw.
• Unique independently swinging star and moon
• Choice of luminaries
• Hairy Growler sterling silver earring wires
• Size :  50mm * 23mm
• Symbolism: rebirth, healing, connection, and balance
• Handcrafted & Recycled in Cambridge
• made with Love

A little more detail…

Above the gloomy clouds the stars are twinkling. These lovely, delicately created earrings are made from sterling silver sixpence coins. Thus, not only are they recycled, but they have a fantastic history and story. Passed from person to person, spent, traded, saved, given as a gift for a hundred years. Now out of circulation, these coins are so worn and have so many ‘imperfections’ they are un-collectable. Bought and donated as scrap, these coins are transformed and re-born as cute silver jewellery.

The techniques used to create the earrings are simple and traditional. The clouds are created from silver sixpences, whilst the stars are handcut from old English copper pennies and brass ‘thrupney-bits’.
Handmade and completely recycled in Cambridge, UK. Complete with the finest sterling silver earwires. Size : Approx 50 mm * 23 mm

Clouds, with their ever-changing forms and connection to our weather, are powerful symbols. Clouds are constantly forming, dissolving, and shifting, making them fabulous metaphors for the impermanence of life, emotions, and circumstances. As P.B. Shelley writes in “The Cloud,” “I change, but I cannot die”. This wonderfully highlights the eternal nature of the cloud even amidst its transformations. Clouds are frequently used to mirror human emotions and psychological states. Dark, stormy clouds can represent sadness, anger, fear, or impending doom. Bright, fluffy clouds can symbolize happiness, joy, optimism, or a carefree state of mind.

Clouds can obscure visibility, shrouding the horizon, sun, moon, and stars in mystery. This powerful quality allows clouds to represent the unknown, the hidden, or those aspects of life that remain beyond full comprehension.

In many Christianity clouds are associated with the divine supernatural presence. In the Bible, for example, frequently uses clouds as a symbol of God’s presence, guidance, and protection.

Clouds can represent the realm of dreams, imagination, and aspirations, as they often appear in the sky, a space associated with boundless possibility. They can evoke a sense of longing for something just out of reach or a space for escape and contemplation.

Clouds are integral to the Earth’s natural cycles, bringing rain, storms, and influencing weather patterns. This connection can be used to highlight the interconnectedness of all living things and the cyclical processes of nature, such as birth, death, and renewal.

“The Cloud” by Percy Bysshe Shelley: This poem vividly portrays the lifecycle of a cloud and its interconnectedness with nature, symbolizing transformation and the eternal nature of the universe.

Clouds are dynamic elements of our reaslity that enrich our lives with layers of meaning, resonating with our emotional experiences and reflections on the world around us. There may be gloomy clouds above us, but beyond them are the heavens. “After darkness, there is light…” – Jo