These earrings by Brendan Cunningham were created using a fine bezel of sterling silver surrounding pear shaped natural airis agate. The agate drops from sterling silver shephard hook fittings.
Airis agate holds a unique character when in certain lights they display a spectrum of different colours.
Materials: Sterling Silver, Airis Agate
Dimensions: 38 x 10 x 2mm
Brendan Cunningham, the founder of Salt and Pepper Diamonds, has been working full-time as a bench jeweller since 2003.
His diamond rings are beautifully refined and always unique, and Cunningham specialises in pairing unusual stones and metals to produce jewellery that is classic-with-a-twist. He is particularly well-known for his tantalum rings, a metal which is valued for its rarity, durability and distinctive dark blue-grey colour.
For obvious reasons, many of Cunningham’s pieces feature salt and pepper diamonds; the inclusions that make these stones so unusual were once considered flaws, but recent interest has led to a blossoming market and they are becoming increasingly rare and valuable. Brendan works in NSW and the ACT.
