{"product_id":"terracotta-drop-earrings-filigree-carved-clay-disc-gold-hooks","title":"Terracotta Drop Earrings — Filigree Carved Clay Disc with Gold Hooks","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFiligree work usually means metal — fine wire twisted and soldered into lace-like patterns. Translating that visual language into clay is a genuinely different technical problem, and this pair solves it convincingly. A large round disc, carved while the clay is still soft with swirling arabesques, spirals, and vine-like lines, then finished by hand so colour settles unevenly into the grooves versus the raised surface — the same depth effect that makes old worked metal look aged and valuable rather than flat and new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe carving has to happen before firing, which raises the stakes on every cut — there’s no correcting a slipped line once the clay hardens, so each spiral has to be right the first time. That pressure shows up as precision in the finished piece: consistent depth, confident curves, a pattern that reads as intentional rather than decorative filler. Once fired, hand-applied colour settles into the carved channels, catching light differently depending on the angle, which is most of what gives it that antique-metalwork illusion despite being entirely clay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eScaled generously — large enough to actually register as a statement earring from across a room, balanced enough in weight that it doesn’t drag on the ear through a full evening. Gold-toned hooks warm up the earthy clay tone rather than competing with it, and because every disc is hand-finished individually, no two pairs carry quite the same pattern density or colour settling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is the kind of earring that tends to draw a direct question — where did you get these — more reliably than most jewellery in a casual collection, which makes it a strong pick either for yourself or as a gift for someone who already has plenty of standard jewellery and wants something genuinely made rather than manufactured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"ul1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li2\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMaterial\u003c\/b\u003e — Natural terracotta clay, hand-carved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li2\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFinish\u003c\/b\u003e — Hand-carved filigree with hand-applied contrast tone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li2\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHardware\u003c\/b\u003e — Gold-toned fish-hook wire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGood for\u003c\/b\u003e — Statement styling, festive wear, gifting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eF\u003cstrong\u003eiligree usually means metal. This is clay pretending, convincingly, otherwise.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soul Of Soil","offers":[{"title":"Teal Green","offer_id":50704970678519,"sku":"SOS-039","price":43.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rust Copper","offer_id":50704970711287,"sku":"SOS-040","price":43.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0929\/2968\/7799\/files\/pomelli_photoshoot_image_1_1_0427_3.jpg?v=1777235862","url":"https:\/\/www.soulofsoil.art\/en-ca\/products\/terracotta-drop-earrings-filigree-carved-clay-disc-gold-hooks","provider":"Soul Of Soil","version":"1.0","type":"link"}