Intentionally imperfect industrial square cut nail earrings ... simple, dangly with movement, naturally textured, rustic and perhaps a bit unexpected elevated hardware jewelry ... sterling silver earrings with their spots of fused 14k gold.

- approximate nail measurement - between 1 1/4“ (30mm) - 1 5/8" (41mm) 
- nail metal - recycled sterling silver (.925 silver) with flecks of 14k gold
- ear wire metal - sterling silver (.925 silver)
- photographed with a US dime and inch ruler for scale

specific individual earring length, not including the ear wire:
earring pair 1 - 1 5/8"
earring pair 2 - 1 1/4“
earring pair 3 - 1 1/2" 

I've sand cast the square nails from some nails I salvaged from our own hardwood floors during a little renovation so they have some history ... they’re used, rusty and date back before 1930. 

The sand casting process - I’ve created molds in packed sand, torch melted the metal and poured it into the cavity of the sand mold. The cooled metal is then removed and the castings require quite a lot of clean up before being finished and fashioned into jewelry.   It’s a process done one at a time, a new sand mold is made for each and every casting and not every piece works out the way I’d like it to so I make a new mold, melt the metal and try again. 
Each solid dimensional nail will be unique and you can expect to see evidence, natural imperfections, of the process in every piece of jewelry, texture left behind from the sand molds.
Once I cleaned the nails up I added the loops, fused some 14k yellow gold onto the surface, oxidized to highlight the imperfections and the gold, and then finished to rustic imperfection ... it's a long process, each pair taking almost a full day from start to finish.  
It’s hand crafted jewelry because I believe how it's made matters.

Elevate the ordinary.