Oaxacan Filigree Sterling Silver Large Hoop Earrings with Coral — Handmade in Mexico Mexican_jewelry Traditional Oaxacan filigree technique

Traditional Oaxacan filigree technique

Is the fringe really hand-tied

Its fragility is inseparable from its beauty — that is the nature of filigree at this level

not dyed or reconstituted stone

The sculptural crab motif captures movement and character

Oaxacan Filigree Sterling Silver Large Hoop Earrings with Coral — Handmade in Mexico Mexican_jewelry Traditional Oaxacan filigree techniqueFiligrana oaxaquea has lived in Oaxaca for nearly five centuries and in a large hoop, it commands a room. These large coral hoop earrings are the bold expression of one of Mexico's most demanding jewelry traditions. The silversmith who made them spent hours coiling and soldering hand twisted sterling wire into the intricate filigree cage that holds the coral stone then repeated the process for the second earring. At 3 inches long and 2 inches wide,