When I first made a pair of sterling silver dog post earrings, my only thought was to create something to replace my clay dog earrings. The style was closer to the original clay earrings. My adroitness in designing for precious metal casting increased and so did my bravery for attempting more detailed little post earrings. Now I have a pretty good little handful of post earrings of the canine variety.
Designing things so tiny has got to be one of my favorite as well as most dreaded tasks in The Magic Zoo. The really scary part? That’s when a photograph is taken of a little bitty design and is blown up about 50 times. Am I exaggerating? Maybe, I was never too good with anything mathematical. But that’s beside the point.
Now in nature, you can magnify a one celled animal probably thousands of times and it will still be perfect- not little imperfections that you just couldn’t see before. Not so with a handcrafted item. I suppose the best spin on this topic is that the small imperfections in the design just prove it was made by a human being, not a machine? And also that unless you are prone to examine your jewelry under a microscope all will be well.
At any rate, I always strive to create a perfect little sterling silver dog post earring pair, and I suppose I must let it go at that! |
