Tuareg Drop Earrings elephants First carved in wood to

First carved in wood to create a master then cast in brass using the lost-wax-method

then digitalized to laser etch on to a carved piece of wood which was used as the master to cast the design in brass

Width: 2cm

is set in a bezel

Tuareg Drop Earrings elephants First carved in wood toThe Tuareg are nomadic people who maintain their Berber ways, most of whom live in the Sahara. Tuareg smiths or inadan wan tizol, makers of weapons and jewellery, are known to produce bold pieces of body adornments using geometric patters and motifs to symbolise meaning in their culture in silver, white metal and copper. These earrings are symbolic of Tuareg culture and metal work with hand made directly in silver to form the master. Using the last