Oaxacan Filigree Earrings with Ruby and Pink Pearl — Sterling Silver Statement Pair Shawl with fringe

Oaxacan Filigree Earrings with Ruby and Pink Pearl — Sterling Silver Statement Pair Shawl with fringeRuby and pearl in a filigree frame: the kind of combination that makes people ask where you found them. These Oaxacan filigree earrings are built from the same painstaking tradition that has defined Oaxacan filigrana for nearly five centuries hair thin silver wires, hand twisted and hand soldered into an intricate lace structure, set here with deep ruby and luminous pink pearls for a combination that reads as bold and refined in the same breath. At 7.

passed from silversmith to silversmith

cool contrast that makes the silver's intricacy even more visible

Stone: Natural butterscotch agate (hand-cut)

About Oaxacan filigree

The Aztec imagery reads as cultural authority

This leaf bracelet from Taxco

practiced across cultures from Spain to India to Oaxaca

What is rapacejo

layered feel

and lifelong union

Technique: Oaxacan hand-twisted filigree (filigrana oaxaqueña)

Drape it over a simple black dress as an evening shawl and let the stripe composition do the work