wide earrings

Petite blue gems appear to be in a slightly irregular silver orbit in these singular earrings from Bhavesh in India. The contemporary drop earrings are crafted from polished sterling silver and accented with lapis lazuli cabochons.

Curling from wide to narrow, a ribbon of gleaming silver unfolds like a fern. Desi Antari handcrafts minimalist earrings inspired by Bali's floral diversity.

.925 Sterling silver

Modern and avant-garde, Wayan Trisna's drop earrings are a real find for fashion-forward women. The Balinese artisan uses sterling silver to hand craft the openwork earrings, skillfully twisting the precious metal into a pair of wide-open eyes. Dangling below, sterling silver teardrops gleam in the light.

Desi Antari in Bali uses warm rose gold to design and craft these graceful drop earrings. The artisan hand crafts the wide, elegant curves from 18k rose gold-plated sterling silver, letting the spirals taper into slender, arching hooks.

For the World Peace Project, inspired by the beauty of the lotus flower and its spiritual significance, Bali's Wayan Karang explains his intent in designing these exquisite drop earrings.

"Lotus is a flower that can grow on the surface of the water yet requires mud to grow with beautiful flowers and leaves that grow wide. The lotus flower is considered a symbol of purity and transcendence, as well as spiritual purification and liberation. Transcendence itself means divine awareness or vertical human consciousness, not only religiously but in any sense that transcends human reason.

"The lotus is beautiful and clean, even though it grows in a muddy environment," he continues. "By being linked to the philosophy of life, where humans have been created perfectly by God so that they must develop to a better life goal even though sometimes they are surrounded by hatred and negativity. Lotus has the meaning of peace and purity, which is often used as a symbol of the flower of peace. So with that, I raised the concept of the lotus flower into the form of jewelry. My hope is that humans can become like lotus flowers, aware of the perfection that has been bestowed by God, and can create positive things.

The 22k gold-plated earrings feature cabochons of luminous rainbow moonstone.