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And finally, showing all three pieces together, with a photo of the cuff next to them. This is a very traditional set, classic materials and colors, kept simple, elegant, and vintage-style:
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
And finally, showing all three pieces together, with a photo of the cuff next to them. This is a very traditional set, classic materials and colors, kept simple, elegant, and vintage-style:
And third, the smaller earrings [my personal favorites], "Sunsparks": wingssilverwork.com/sunsparks-ea....
Sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell with white caps. And again, shown w/ and w/out flash:
Sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell with white caps. And again, shown w/ and w/out flash:
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
And third, the smaller earrings [my personal favorites], "Sunsparks": wingssilverwork.com/sunsparks-ea....
Sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell with white caps. And again, shown w/ and w/out flash:
Sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell with white caps. And again, shown w/ and w/out flash:
Second, the larger pair of earrings, "Atmospheric Flames": wingssilverwork.com/atmospheric-....
Sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell. Again, shown w/ and w/out flash]:
Sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell. Again, shown w/ and w/out flash]:
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Second, the larger pair of earrings, "Atmospheric Flames": wingssilverwork.com/atmospheric-....
Sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell. Again, shown w/ and w/out flash]:
Sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell. Again, shown w/ and w/out flash]:
First up is the necklace, "A Celestial Fire": wingssilverwork.com/a-celestial-....
Pendant is sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell. Beads are orange-red spiny oyster shell; white shell; natural Hubei turquoise; and Hill Tribe fine silver (.999) [shown w/ & w/out flash]:
Pendant is sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell. Beads are orange-red spiny oyster shell; white shell; natural Hubei turquoise; and Hill Tribe fine silver (.999) [shown w/ & w/out flash]:
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
First up is the necklace, "A Celestial Fire": wingssilverwork.com/a-celestial-....
Pendant is sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell. Beads are orange-red spiny oyster shell; white shell; natural Hubei turquoise; and Hill Tribe fine silver (.999) [shown w/ & w/out flash]:
Pendant is sterling silver; red-orange spiny oyster shell. Beads are orange-red spiny oyster shell; white shell; natural Hubei turquoise; and Hill Tribe fine silver (.999) [shown w/ & w/out flash]:
Okay, tonight's inventory selections.
There are three from two categories. All go perfectly with today's featured work, Wings's new spiny-oyster cuff bracelet [shown below].
We have a necklace and two pairs of earrings to match.
There are three from two categories. All go perfectly with today's featured work, Wings's new spiny-oyster cuff bracelet [shown below].
We have a necklace and two pairs of earrings to match.
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Okay, tonight's inventory selections.
There are three from two categories. All go perfectly with today's featured work, Wings's new spiny-oyster cuff bracelet [shown below].
We have a necklace and two pairs of earrings to match.
There are three from two categories. All go perfectly with today's featured work, Wings's new spiny-oyster cuff bracelet [shown below].
We have a necklace and two pairs of earrings to match.
t center, in saw-toothed bezels, sit 4 round cabochons of extraordinary flame-hued spiny oyster shell. These are orange-red, pure crimson, with filaments of white. 2 large flanked by 2 small.
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
t center, in saw-toothed bezels, sit 4 round cabochons of extraordinary flame-hued spiny oyster shell. These are orange-red, pure crimson, with filaments of white. 2 large flanked by 2 small.
At each end, Wings has placed another old-style stamp: single layered directional arrows, pointing at each other, a reminder of the cyclical nature of the day, and of life.
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
At each end, Wings has placed another old-style stamp: single layered directional arrows, pointing at each other, a reminder of the cyclical nature of the day, and of life.
Here, Wings has stamped the upper two thirds of the band in a repeating pattern of sunbursts. It's an old design, the stamp hand-made by a Diné stamp artist, and it's slightly 3D, so the edges of the spokes also slightly wrap around the edges of the top surface.
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Here, Wings has stamped the upper two thirds of the band in a repeating pattern of sunbursts. It's an old design, the stamp hand-made by a Diné stamp artist, and it's slightly 3D, so the edges of the spokes also slightly wrap around the edges of the top surface.
This is half-round, which is what it sounds like: Look at the end, and it looks like a solid half-sphere. That also means that while it's flat on one side, it's convex on the other, and the convex side is the outer surface, making stampwork more challenging than on sheet silver.
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is half-round, which is what it sounds like: Look at the end, and it looks like a solid half-sphere. That also means that while it's flat on one side, it's convex on the other, and the convex side is the outer surface, making stampwork more challenging than on sheet silver.
Today's featured work is one of Wings's newest, a cuff completed only last week. It's called "Red Suns Rising": wingssilverwork.com/red-suns-ris....
Sterling silver; orange-red spiny oyster shell.
Sterling silver; orange-red spiny oyster shell.
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Today's featured work is one of Wings's newest, a cuff completed only last week. It's called "Red Suns Rising": wingssilverwork.com/red-suns-ris....
Sterling silver; orange-red spiny oyster shell.
Sterling silver; orange-red spiny oyster shell.
Second is the stars — specifically, "Meeting On the Bridge of Stars": wingssilverwork.com/meeting-on-t....
Sterling silver; rare indigenous staurolite. Again, freehand stampwork on upper angles and apex; internal pendant is a bezel-set staurolite:
Sterling silver; rare indigenous staurolite. Again, freehand stampwork on upper angles and apex; internal pendant is a bezel-set staurolite:
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Second is the stars — specifically, "Meeting On the Bridge of Stars": wingssilverwork.com/meeting-on-t....
Sterling silver; rare indigenous staurolite. Again, freehand stampwork on upper angles and apex; internal pendant is a bezel-set staurolite:
Sterling silver; rare indigenous staurolite. Again, freehand stampwork on upper angles and apex; internal pendant is a bezel-set staurolite:
First is one for the sun, called "The Breath of the Light": wingssilverwork.com/the-breath-o....
Sterling silver; amber. Naja-style pendant with freehand stampwork down both top angles and the apex; tiny round ambmer suns at each end; separate hand-wrought inner naja:
Sterling silver; amber. Naja-style pendant with freehand stampwork down both top angles and the apex; tiny round ambmer suns at each end; separate hand-wrought inner naja:
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
First is one for the sun, called "The Breath of the Light": wingssilverwork.com/the-breath-o....
Sterling silver; amber. Naja-style pendant with freehand stampwork down both top angles and the apex; tiny round ambmer suns at each end; separate hand-wrought inner naja:
Sterling silver; amber. Naja-style pendant with freehand stampwork down both top angles and the apex; tiny round ambmer suns at each end; separate hand-wrought inner naja:
Now, tonight's inventory selections. There are two, befitting today's features.
Those are a pair of cuffs in similar style [shown below]: one to honor the sun; the other, the stars.
We have two pendants in similar style that do likewise.
Those are a pair of cuffs in similar style [shown below]: one to honor the sun; the other, the stars.
We have two pendants in similar style that do likewise.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Now, tonight's inventory selections. There are two, befitting today's features.
Those are a pair of cuffs in similar style [shown below]: one to honor the sun; the other, the stars.
We have two pendants in similar style that do likewise.
Those are a pair of cuffs in similar style [shown below]: one to honor the sun; the other, the stars.
We have two pendants in similar style that do likewise.
There is no filework on this one, hence the lower price point. However, the whole inner band is etched, meticulously, from end to end and edge to edge, giving it a subtle but rich texture and shimmer.
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
There is no filework on this one, hence the lower price point. However, the whole inner band is etched, meticulously, from end to end and edge to edge, giving it a subtle but rich texture and shimmer.
a slightly 3D starburst motif that is very similar, but not identical, to the sunbursts on the other cuff. And instead of tiny flowers separating the starbursts, this one is adance with tiny 5-pointed stars.
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
a slightly 3D starburst motif that is very similar, but not identical, to the sunbursts on the other cuff. And instead of tiny flowers separating the starbursts, this one is adance with tiny 5-pointed stars.
This one, too, is formed of a slender but solid gauge of sterling silver half-round wire, also convex. It's also stamped freehand along the convex outer surface, end to end, in a similar design:
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This one, too, is formed of a slender but solid gauge of sterling silver half-round wire, also convex. It's also stamped freehand along the convex outer surface, end to end, in a similar design:
The second cuff has its own secrets, too. It's called "Luminous Night": wingssilverwork.com/luminous-nig....
Solid sterling silver.
Solid sterling silver.
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The second cuff has its own secrets, too. It's called "Luminous Night": wingssilverwork.com/luminous-nig....
Solid sterling silver.
Solid sterling silver.
They, too, are wraparound: leaving the top surface to the stampwork, but wrapping around the underside from narrow edge to narrow edge.
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
They, too, are wraparound: leaving the top surface to the stampwork, but wrapping around the underside from narrow edge to narrow edge.
What makes this one, though, is the scorework halfway down each side and at the ends. It's all done freehand, the file deeply incised in parallel lines on a diagonal, geometry infused with an Art Deco spirit.
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
What makes this one, though, is the scorework halfway down each side and at the ends. It's all done freehand, the file deeply incised in parallel lines on a diagonal, geometry infused with an Art Deco spirit.
Here, Wings has stamped it in a repeating pattern of slightly 3D sunbursts, an old-style spoked motif that wraps slightly around the curvature at the sides. In between each sunburst is a smaller blossom symbol, petals clearly defined.
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Here, Wings has stamped it in a repeating pattern of slightly 3D sunbursts, an old-style spoked motif that wraps slightly around the curvature at the sides. In between each sunburst is a smaller blossom symbol, petals clearly defined.
The band is a simple arc of solid sterling half-round wire, slender in width but substantial. The outer band is convex, making stampwork a little trickier because the sides slope downward to the edges.
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The band is a simple arc of solid sterling half-round wire, slender in width but substantial. The outer band is convex, making stampwork a little trickier because the sides slope downward to the edges.
First is the more complex of the two, called "A Flowering Radiance": wingssilverwork.com/a-flowering-....
Solid sterling silver.
Solid sterling silver.
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
First is the more complex of the two, called "A Flowering Radiance": wingssilverwork.com/a-flowering-....
Solid sterling silver.
Solid sterling silver.
Today's featured works are a pair of classic cuff bracelets, wrought in similar style and patterns but each with its own unique animating spirit. Both are formed of heavy-gauge sterling silver half-round wire, with convex outer surfaces that are stamped end to end, and no stones.
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Today's featured works are a pair of classic cuff bracelets, wrought in similar style and patterns but each with its own unique animating spirit. Both are formed of heavy-gauge sterling silver half-round wire, with convex outer surfaces that are stamped end to end, and no stones.
It's a very different style, and that is quite literally its name, "Red Suns Rising": wingssilverwork.com/red-suns-ris....
Sterling silver; orange-red spiny oyster shell.
3D sunbursts stamped on the convex surface of heavy-gauge half-round wire; 4 incredible red suns:
Sterling silver; orange-red spiny oyster shell.
3D sunbursts stamped on the convex surface of heavy-gauge half-round wire; 4 incredible red suns:
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
It's a very different style, and that is quite literally its name, "Red Suns Rising": wingssilverwork.com/red-suns-ris....
Sterling silver; orange-red spiny oyster shell.
3D sunbursts stamped on the convex surface of heavy-gauge half-round wire; 4 incredible red suns:
Sterling silver; orange-red spiny oyster shell.
3D sunbursts stamped on the convex surface of heavy-gauge half-round wire; 4 incredible red suns:
All right, tonight's inventory selection. Just one, and it's all new, completed only days ago.
Today's feature is a solid sterling silver cuff bracelet called "Following the Sun" [shown below], with sunbursts rising from it.
We have red suns rising in another cuff.
Today's feature is a solid sterling silver cuff bracelet called "Following the Sun" [shown below], with sunbursts rising from it.
We have red suns rising in another cuff.
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
All right, tonight's inventory selection. Just one, and it's all new, completed only days ago.
Today's feature is a solid sterling silver cuff bracelet called "Following the Sun" [shown below], with sunbursts rising from it.
We have red suns rising in another cuff.
Today's feature is a solid sterling silver cuff bracelet called "Following the Sun" [shown below], with sunbursts rising from it.
We have red suns rising in another cuff.