Snakebite Hoops with Opals

A vicious, biting serpent in the form of an everyday hoop earring. Small hoop earrings in the form of a small vicious, biting serpent. I carved this deeply textured snake out of jeweler's wax, and then I used silver sheet to create bezels for a pair of long oval opal doublets. I soldered the bezels to the hoops so they swing but cannot come off the hoops, set the opals, oxidized the earrings, and then satin brushed the surface to bring out all the details.

Details:

They are 1/16" or 2mm wide across their scaly body, and 1/2' diameter or 1cm across the hoop. The tail curls around and tucks itself discretely behind the wearer's earlobe.

The opal doublets are 1/2" long and 1/16" wide . They are bright blue with some white lines and flecked with bright green opalescence, and the bezels have closed backs.

Oxidized and brushed sterling silver, with a sterling silver post and sterling silver earring back.