These delicate Solar Circle earrings feature two suspended 14k gold circles: a smaller beaded one sits within a larger hoop, with three graduated beads dangling below. Crafted by hand by Tess Young, these earrings are modeled on a unique piece of jewelry made in the 1970s by the legendary Northern Californian artist JB Blunk (1926–2002). The original––a single gold earring––was a Valentines Day gift for the artist’s wife, Christine Nielson. Blunk began making jewelry in 1954 at Palos Verdes College in Los Angeles where he taught ceramics––he continued to make one-off pieces throughout his life from his studio in Inverness, California. He often made single earrings, as he was fond of the arresting visual asymmetry. Though we are offering them as a pair, we encourage you to experiment with how you wear them!

Permanent Collection selected these earrings to be faithfully reproduced in limited quantities so that Blunk’s stunning designs could become part of the collections of a new generation.