Brief Summary…

• Recycled vintage fruit spoon
• Choice of finish : Contemporary satin or trad shiny
• Hand cut from the spoon with traditional jewellers piercing saw.
• Presented complete with donor spoon.
• Free engraving on spoon handle
• Hairy Growler sterling silver earring wires
• Size : 32mm*14mm
• Symbolism : Typical British summertimes, rye humour
• Handcrafted & Recycled in Cambridge
• made with Love

A little more detail…

Lovely little rain clouds, star and umbrella earrings recycled from an old discarded, unwanted vintage British fruit spoon. A fun set of four individual and unique earrings perfectly demonstrating our ever present national interest in the weather!

Each earring design is freehand drawn, carved and pierced using only traditional hand tools and techniques.

Handmade and completely recycled in Cambridge, UK. Complete with the finest sterling silver earwires.  Size : Approx 26 mm * 26 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.