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Piece of the Week: Deborah Meyers Experience’s ‘The Birds’ Earrings
Designer Deborah Meyers created her birds from oxidized sterling silver, rose-cut diamond eyes, and Akoya Keshi pearl feathers.
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A bird’s song is a classic marker of springtime and the warmer weather to come.
While birds are known for their songs, they are also skilled dancers—a fact I uncovered while perusing Netflix’s documentary category.
After watching “Dancing with the Birds,” I had no choice but to choose “The Birds” earrings by Deborah Meyers Experience as our Piece of the Week.
The birds’ bodies are crafted in oxidized sterling silver, fine silver, and 18-karat yellow gold. Two 0.25-carat rose-cut diamonds represent the birds’ eyes, and a fringe of Akoya Keshi pearls are their feathers.
The earrings are from the designer’s “Poetic Brutalism” collection, which features pieces with mixed metals.
Designer Deborah Meyers explained that she created this collection out of mixed metals last year because she couldn’t produce a new collection when the price of gold exceeded $2,000 an ounce.
“I liked the juxtaposition of the dark patination against the romance of Keshi pearls. Each pearl has its own personality,” said Meyers.
“I also wanted to use the Keshi pearls in a more contemporary, light-hearted way. I bought one pair that reminded me of fish. And they became the ‘Fish’ earrings. That was the ‘aha’ moment of animals.”
Once, she saw a strand of Akoya Keshi pearls that made her think of feathers, so she sketched an “abstract bird which felt whimsical and right.”
She added the 18-karat yellow gold circles for contrast, not intending to design the birds as pregnant, but wondering, in retrospect, if they are.
While her 15-piece collection of mixed-metal designs includes animals like fish earrings and a snake pendant, Meyers said she would like to explore the bird motif in its own line with other animals.
The Birds earrings retail for $2,500.
They can be seen on the Deborah Meyers Experience website.
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While birds are known for their songs, they are also skilled dancers—a fact I uncovered while perusing Netflix’s documentary category.
After watching “Dancing with the Birds,” I had no choice but to choose “The Birds” earrings by Deborah Meyers Experience as our Piece of the Week.
The birds’ bodies are crafted in oxidized sterling silver, fine silver, and 18-karat yellow gold. Two 0.25-carat rose-cut diamonds represent the birds’ eyes, and a fringe of Akoya Keshi pearls are their feathers.
The earrings are from the designer’s “Poetic Brutalism” collection, which features pieces with mixed metals.
Designer Deborah Meyers explained that she created this collection out of mixed metals last year because she couldn’t produce a new collection when the price of gold exceeded $2,000 an ounce.
“I liked the juxtaposition of the dark patination against the romance of Keshi pearls. Each pearl has its own personality,” said Meyers.
“I also wanted to use the Keshi pearls in a more contemporary, light-hearted way. I bought one pair that reminded me of fish. And they became the ‘Fish’ earrings. That was the ‘aha’ moment of animals.”
Once, she saw a strand of Akoya Keshi pearls that made her think of feathers, so she sketched an “abstract bird which felt whimsical and right.”
She added the 18-karat yellow gold circles for contrast, not intending to design the birds as pregnant, but wondering, in retrospect, if they are.
While her 15-piece collection of mixed-metal designs includes animals like fish earrings and a snake pendant, Meyers said she would like to explore the bird motif in its own line with other animals.
The Birds earrings retail for $2,500.
They can be seen on the Deborah Meyers Experience website.
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