This category contains all earrings including stud and hook styles. Ear cuffs are listed separately under Miscellaneous Jewellery. Non pierced earrings, also known as clip earrings are also in this category.
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- Please read descriptions to identify the types of stones used ie precious gems such as garnets, sapphires, emeralds etc, Swarovski Crystals, Vintage Rhinestones, Glass, Acrylic etc. Where it is not specified this information was not obtained from the artist. In this case, we recommend the products is of lesser quality than top quality, for example glass instead of Swarovski and so on. Where a genuine quality stone or crystal is used the artists usually ensure they include this in the descriptions. Carefully viewing each picture may also help identifying quality, for example between acrylic and higher quality crystals and rhinestones including glass.
- Most of our photos are taken outside in natural light to ensure the best possible representation of the actual colour, intensity of stones and natural sparkle. Sometimes this is hard to capture however we have chosen NOT to use filters to enhance sparkle or colours. We believe this compromises our integrity and could lead to possible disappointment from our beloved customers. We would rather you be pleasantly surprised with a better quality item when you receive it, rather than leave you feeling like you have been tricked.
- Educate yourself on buying items in this category by reading the wiki articles provided at the bottom of the page. This information may prove invaluable!
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Hook Slim Chandellier Earrings Copper and Pink
Pink toned copper metal findings and pink crystals
Hand Made Individually with the utmost care and precision by artist Selma Brass Findings with pink tone. I used Pink Teardrop Crystals and pink rhinestones in the settings. Very pretty elegant item. Findings are very good quality, NOT thin metal. This item is not possible to be ordered. One Only.   Description and Images courtesy of the Artist Selma. Copyright status belongs to the artist, including the design.  $18.70
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Hook Long Round Filigree Earrings Green
Brass metal findings and Green Crystals
Hand Made Individually with the utmost care and precision by artist Selma Brass Findings with filigree. I used Green briolette beads in the dangle, with various sized green rhinestones in the settings. Geometrically opposed findings make this piece unusual and very flexible. The rhinestones give a gorgeous sparkle at all angles and the Green is a gorgeous colour with character. Findings are very good quality, NOT thin metal. This item is not possible to be ordered. One Only.   Description and Images courtesy of the Artist Selma. Copyright status belongs to the artist, including the design. $18.70
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Round Wave Floral Blue Earrings
Hand Made Individually with the utmost care and precision by artist Selma I used Brilliant Blue Rhinestones in the setting of the flowers, with enamelled dark blue surrounding in the wave and also on the petals of the flowers, with another lighter blue enamel flower to balance the blues.I have made a small amount of these in different colours. Findings are very good quality, NOT thin metal. This item is not possible to be ordered. One Only. Description and Images courtesy of the Artist Selma. Copyright status belongs to the artist, including the design. $18.70
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Round Wave Floral Green Earrings
Hand Made Individually with the utmost care and precision by artist Selma I used Garden Green Rhinestones in the setting of the flowers, with enamelled Forest Green surrounding in the wave and also on the petals of the flowers, with another lighter green enamel flower to balance the colous. I have made a small amount of these in different colours. Findings are very good quality, NOT thin metal. This item is not possible to be ordered. One Only. Description and Images courtesy of the Artist Selma. Copyright status belongs to the artist, including the design. $18.70
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Long Copper Blue Rhinestone Chain Earrings
Hand Made Individually with the utmost care and precision by artist Selma I used Gorgeous Brilliant Sky Blue Rhinestones in the setting with copper findings and chain. This is a very delicate flowing pair of earrings, perfect for weddings, burlesque costumes, cocktail dress accessories or just about anything. Very versatile piece, combining elegance with sensuality to form a fairy fantasy theme with high fashion style. Findings are very good quality, NOT thin metal. This item is not possible to be ordered. One Only. Description and Images courtesy of the Artist Selma. Copyright status belongs to the artist, including the design. $18.70
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Bridal Copper, Pearl and Rhinestone White Earrings
Hand Made Individually with the utmost care and precision by artist Selma I used Coper findings to make this slim chandellier syle set of earrings. This is one of my favourite pieces, I made this with bridal and wedding party in mind, though I couldn’t help combining an element of fantasy which is perfect for every womann’s dream wedding! Findings are very good quality, NOT thin metal. This item is not possible to be ordered. One Only. Description and Images courtesy of the Artist Selma. Copyright status belongs to the artist, including the design. $18.70
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What Wiki Has To Say About Earrings...
Earrings are jewelry attached to the ear through a piercing in the earlobe or some other external part of the ear (except in the case of clip earrings, which clip onto the lobe). Earrings are worn by both sexes. In western cultures, earrings have traditionally been worn primarily by women, although in recent decades, ear piercing has also become popular among men in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa[.
Common locations for piercings, other than the earlobe, include the rook, tragus, and across the helix (see image at right). The simple term “ear piercing” usually refers to an earlobe piercing, whereas piercings in the upper part of the external ear are often referred to as “cartilage piercings.” Cartilage piercings are more complex to perform than earlobe piercings and take longer to heal.
Earring components may be made of any number of materials, including metal, plastic, glass, precious stones, beads, and other materials. Designs range from small loops and studs to large plates and dangling items. The size is ultimately limited by the physical capacity of the earlobe to hold the earring without tearing. However, heavy earrings worn over extended periods of time may lead to stretching of the earlobe and the piercing.
Earring |
1) Helix/Cartilage, 2) Industrial, 3) Rook, 4) Daith, 5) Tragus, 6) Snug, 7) Conch, 8) Anti-Tragus, 9) Lobe | Location | Ear |
| Jewelry | Captive bead ring |
| Healing | 6 to 8 weeks |
HISTORY
Ear piercing is one of the oldest known forms of body modification, with artistic and written references from cultures around the world dating back to early history. Early evidence of earrings worn by men can be seen in archeological evidence from Persepolis in ancient Persia. The carved images of soldiers of the Persian Empire, displayed on some of the surviving walls of the palace, show them wearing an ear ring.
Other early evidence of earring wearing is evident in the Biblical record. In Exodus 32:1-4, it is written that while Moses was up on Mount Sinai, the Israelites demanded that Aaron make a god for them. It is written that he commanded them to bring their sons' and daughters' earrings to him in order that he might comply with their demand. (ca. 1500 B.C.E.)
Among sailors, a pierced earlobe was a symbol that the wearer had sailed around the world or had crossed the equator.In addition, it is commonly held that a gold earring was worn by sailors in payment for a proper burial in the event that they might drown at sea. Should their bodies have been washed up on shore, it was hoped that the earring would serve as payment for "a proper christian burial". Regardless of this expression, the practice predates Christianity and can be traced back as far as ancient Greece where the gold paid the ferryman, Charon, to provide passage across the river Acheron to Hades.
Pierced ears were popular in the United States through the early 1900s, then fell into disfavor among women due to the rising popularity of clipped-on earrings. Nevertheless, a small male following continued to exist.
In the late 1960s, ear piercing began to make inroads among men through the hippie and gay communities. At that time, the practice re-emerged, but since a large commercial market for them did not exist, most ear piercings were done at home. Teenage girls were known to hold ear piercing parties, where they performed the procedure on one another. Such an event is depicted in the 1978 motion picture Grease (set in 1959), where Sandy (Olivia Newton-John), the leading lady, is pierced by her friends.
In the late 1970s, amateur piercings, sometimes with safety pins and/or multiple piercings, became popular in the punk rock community. By the 1980s, the trend for male popular music performers to have pierced ears helped establish a fashion trend for men. This was later adopted by many professional athletes. British men started piercing both ears in the 1980s; George Michael of Wham! was a prominent example. The heavily jeweled Mr. T was an early example of an American celebrity wearing earrings in both ears, although this trend did not become popular with mainstream American men until the 1990s.
Multiple piercings in one or both ears first emerged in mainstream America in the 1970s. Initially, the trend was for women to wear a second set of earrings in the earlobes, or for men to double-pierce a single earlobe. Asymmetric styles with more and more piercings became popular, eventually leading to the cartilage piercing trend.
A variety of specialized cartilage piercings have since become popular. These include the tragus piercing, antitragus piercing, rook piercing, industrial piercing, helix piercing, orbital piercing, daith piercing, and conch piercing. In addition, earlobe stretching, while common in indigenous cultures for thousands of years, began to appear in Western society in the 1990s, and is now a fairly common sight.
