Ca1970 Sterling COSMIC order SPIRAL omega back 1 1/2" EARRINGS, 14kt gold posts. Collectible high end Modernist designer Bayanihan. Elegant edge.

order Ca. 1970-80: Large 1 1/2 inch diameter button earrings with secure omega backs and 14kt gold posts for those with sensitive ears. Dimensional cosmic spiral, recognizable high end design with a Modernist edge. Collectible, wearable art. I am obsessed with this designer work. It has it all...quality artisan hand crafted, chunky, bold, rich look and weight, great high design, classic Modernist with a fresh, organic aspect. I love it.

Spirals are one of the oldest symbols in the world. The Spiral represents the sacred journey and change of life as it unfolds; taking a labyrinth-like passage that leads in to Source. Or, adversely, you are the source and center, expanding into your path outward. Deep.

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WEIGHT:
20.6 grams.

SIZE / MEASUREMENTS:
1 1/2 inch across.

MARKINGS / HALLMARKS:
Stamped 'BAYANIHAN LTD 7.' and '925' for sterling silver. Posts are stamped '14k'

MATERIALS:
Sterling silver, 14kt gold posts

CONDITION:
Beautiful vintage condition with only the light surface burnish on the metal expected in a piece of this age. I clean vintage pieces by gently washing with dish soap (vintage patina is good, vintage dirt and germs are bad…yuck!) Then I will often give a quick surface buff with a silver cleaning cloth to bring up the contrast, leaving the natural patina of age in the details to enhance its beauty.

GIFT BOX INCLUDED: ready to give or just to enjoy!

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MORE ABOUT BAYANIHAN:
Bayanihan Jewelry Company was established by renowned modernist, W. Thomas Burns in 1974. Burns worked for the Peace Corp in the Philippines before returning home to Massachusetts and starting his shop. The highly sought after original design pieces that he created in his artisan shop were an outgrowth of his Peace Corps experience in the Philippines and collaborating with Avant Gard artists of the day in the Boston and New York area. Bayanihan means working together in Pilipino, and it was a lifestyle he embraced by being very active in the arts, including working with a dance company, until his death in 1989.

Modernist jewelers had much in common with painters, sculptors, and other modern artists. Their ambitious goal was to create one-of-a-kind works of art that people could wear. Modernism in Bayanihan design manifest as the abstraction of the natural world by reducing the subject to its absolute minimal lines and form, but remaining evocative of its source. Burn's designs referenced his Philippines experience and his motifs were flowers, a wave in the ocean, a tropical leaf, all done with a single ‘stroke' or line, and using the maker's mark of ‘Bayanihan'.

After its founder's death in 1989, the company continued on as Bayanihan LTD, and is still in existence today as a wholesale jewelry making shop, producing high end unique designs from a small shop of 10 people. The high-quality of this artisan brand is well known among collectors of fine Modernist jewelry.