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A pair of gold-tone geometric drop earrings with blue, green, and gold inlay details, displayed on a clean white background.
A close-up portrait of a woman with dark hair and freckles, wearing rectangular blue and gold geometric drop earrings and a gold necklace, against a solid brown background.
A woman in profile wearing a geometric drop earring with blue, yellow, and gold triangular patterns, set against a dark brown background.
A woman wearing a gold necklace and matching drop earring with rectangular blue, green, and yellow geometric enamel inlays, shown in a close-up portrait against a dark brown background.
Strata Earrings
A woman in profile wearing a gold necklace and matching drop earrings with blue and yellow geometric enamel details, set against a solid dark brown background.
A woman with dark hair pulled back wears a gold necklace and matching drop earrings with blue and yellow geometric inlay details, set against a solid brown background.
A woman in profile wearing a gold dangle earring with a blue and yellow geometric patterned pendant, set against a solid warm brown background.
A close-up side profile of a woman with dark hair wearing a gold-tone dangle earring with a blue and yellow geometric patterned pendant, set against a warm brown background.

Strata Earrings

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Designed as part of the collection in collaboration with IAIA, the Strata Earrings feature intricately cut stones of lapis lazuli, chrysocolla, green onyx, and blue agate, each with their own luminosity and texture. The design takes inspiration from the geological sections and topographical maps of Badakhshan, Afghanistan.

See also our Strata Pendant Necklace and Strata Ring.

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A pair of gold-tone geometric drop earrings with blue, green, and gold inlay details, displayed on a clean white background.
Strata Earrings Sale price £250.00

Designed in collaboration with Arianna Calabrese of IAIA, this collection is inspired by the mountains of Badakhshan, and from studies of topographical maps and geological sections. It takes its inspiration from contour lines, stratified layers, and the mountain terrain. Lapis lazuli comes from this region, where it has been mined for over four millennia and traded across continents. Here, it is both the material and the reference point.

Tillya Tepe to Today

Afghan Craftsmanship

In 1978 an Afghan-Soviet team of archaeologists discovered a hoard of over 20,000 ornaments, jewellery, and precious artefacts in Northern Afghanistan. Dated back to the first century BCE, the Tillya Tepe hoard is renowned for its staggering beauty and finesse.

Afghanistan's rich jewellery tradition continues to this day. Stimulated by influences from across the ancient silk road and tribal traditions within Afghanistan, Afghan jewellers benefit from direct access to an array of fine precious and semi-precious gemstones, including emeralds, rubies, lapis lazuli, tourmaline and kunzite.

The bluest blue

Lapis Lazuli

Blue is one of the rarest colours found in nature. Up until the 18th century, whether you were a Pharaoh or an artist, there was only one place you could find blue in its natural form - the high peaks of north-eastern Afghanistan.

When ground into a fine powder, Lapis gives a strikingly blue pigment. This made Lapis a priceless commodity, surpassing the price of gold up until the industrial age,

To this day, Afghanistan remains home to the world's largest deposit of Lapis Lazuli. Due to this, you'll find Lapis in many of the jewellery pieces we offer.