Snake Stud Earrings with Rose Cut Rainbow Moonstone

Delicate black snakes wrapped around a flashing prong set rose cut rainbow moonstone. The moonstone is striped with thin white lines, and had glowing blue fire that emerges and recedes under different light. Rose cut stones have a flat back with facets across the top. The difference between how the stone looks between the first and second photos show how much the color of the stone changes under different lighting conditions.

I fabricated the prong settings out of sterling silver, then sculpted two snakes out of jeweler's wax, and cast them in sterling silver. Then I soldered the snakes in place, cleaned them up, and cast the whole thing in sterling silver.

Details:

1/2" across, with a prong set 8mm rose-cut moonstone.

Deeply oxidized sterling silver, with a sterling silver post and an extra-large earring back.

The earring has an open back behind the stone, which makes for a lightweight earring for it's size.