Leather, Metal, and Gemstone Design

Sometimes I get on a roll with a particular design that I just love to make. Such is the case with these earrings. Maybe it's playing with that lovely soft deerskin leather. Maybe it's playing with the leather punch and rivet setter. (I do love tools.)  For sure, the possibilities for design variations is endlessly appealing. I will make these until I run out of materials or get bored, whichever comes first.

Mixed Metal - textured silver hoops, textured and antiqued copper washers, silver rope rings, chocolate deerskin leather, copper beaded earwires 

Mixed metal - silver rings, stamped copper washers, and brass. Big hoops!

Textured copper washers, verdigris patinated stamped copper washers, copper rope ring, turquoise-beaded copper earwires

Textured silver hoops, Peruvian opal coins, glass seed beads

Textured silver hoops, Peruvian opal barrels, glass seed beads

Textured silver hoops, turquoise magnesite rounds, glass seed beads

Textured silver hoops, turquoise magnesite barrels, glass seed beads

Embossed and patinated brass gears, blue lace agate coin bead

What to do with all of those copper washers I textured and patinated? They fit perfectly in this design.