Auction Ends: Oct 9, 2021 11:59 PM PDT

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SILENT AUCTION: Earring Making for 15; Learn from Amber Duncan of Mountainside Jewelry

Item Number: 23

Estimated Value: 900 USD
Sold: 400 USD to Live Event Bidder

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Item Description

Come make your own earrings with a Master!

Make a pair of earrings with Amber Duncan of Mountainside Jewelry, held in the beatutil lodge house on Deerhaven lavender farm! Must contact Natalia Fleschig to make reservations for event.

Amber will teach you and your friends the process of making hammered brass earrings using her techniques, tools and beautiful materials. There will be wine, bubbly, and delicious snacks.

Each participant will also receive a voucher for 30% off jewelry from Mountainside Made.

https://www.mountainsidemade.com/

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About:

Handmade intentional jewelry, inspired by travel and tradition. Mountainside brings a rustic aesthetic into modern times with styles that strive to be timeless, cherished pieces. Delicate yet bold, designed to ignite strength and confidence as well as femininity and grace - jewelry to be worn as both armor and amulet.

Various styles are crafted using hammered metals, lapidary stone cutting, and the ancient process of lost wax casting. The designs oppose the ideals of mass production and instead intend to highlight the inherent beauty of asymmetry, roughness, austerity, imperfection, and an appreciation of natural materials and organic forms. Amber gathers ideas and inspiration from museums, books, architecture, nature, folklore, family heirlooms and long lost vintage jewelry discovered in flea markets and antique shops. Her designs focus on texture, sculpture, movement, comfort and simplicity. She is fascinated by the stories behind symbolic shapes and imagery, the curious lore and sentimentality of objects and emblems, the past uses and mythologies surrounding gemstones and talismans. For each piece, a new story begins.