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Sama Giving & Receiving Earrings

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Collection

Sama

Metal

18ct gold

Gemstone

Diamond

Motif

Sama

Occasion

Daily

Reference

SLX-SAM-05

Lead time

5 to 7 weeks

Craftsmanship

Made to order, by commission

Studio

Crafted in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Shown as a design visualisation. Made to order, by commission.

In the sema, the whirling ceremony at the heart of this line, one palm turns up to receive and the other turns down to give. I wanted a pair of earrings that held that gesture rather than just referenced it, so I gave each ear a different role. Both earrings share the same form, a ribbon whirl roughly 25 by 13mm, open-backed and light enough to forget you are wearing it, around 5g each. Only one carries stones: about 20 pave-set 1.0mm round brilliant diamonds, roughly 0.10ct, set along the curve of the whirl. The other earring is left entirely plain, the same gold, the same polish, no diamonds at all. One ear receives the light. The other gives the gold. Worn as intended, the asymmetry reads as a pair, not a mismatch, the way the two halves of a gesture belong together. Each earring is finished in mirror-polished 18ct yellow gold, fitted with a simple post, and hallmarked by the Birmingham Assay Office. Materials: 18ct solid yellow gold, hallmarked by the Birmingham Assay Office

One earring set with around 20 pave-set 1.0mm round brilliant diamonds, approximately 0.10ct; the other left entirely plain

Mirror-polished finish, open-backed construction

Two identical ribbon-whirl forms, one set, one plain

Post fittings, approximately 5g each Made to order: 5 to 7 weeks. Price from £1,750.