Dodge fordite stud earrings

These statement stud earrings have colourful rounds of vintage fordite which has been bezel set in sterling silver and finished off with sterling silver posts and scrolls.The fordite has stripes in white, red, yellow, blue and green, some of the colours sparkle in the light. They are not quite a matching pair (it's pretty close though) but were cut from the same piece of rough material so make sense as a pair. They measure about 12mm diameter and relatively low profile (3mm max) so are not heavy on the earlobes. Comes in a gift box.

Fordite is the name given to many layers of cured paint that builds up in old style spray booths at vehicle factories, the paint gets baked hard in between each layer leading to a durable material that can be cut to show off the many colours.This particular material I have matched to the colour charts for Dodge in 1970 - that's not any old shade of yellow that's top banana! (the other colours have rather more mundane names like dark green poly and bright blue poly) Fordite is becoming increasingly hard to source thanks to more efficient painting processes, so if you love your cars get some of the unique material whilst you can.