Medium Spear Earrings are grey tinted Herkimer quartz crystal in resin with a fame of cast bronze wire. 2" long x 1" wide. Local jewelry maker David Urso's work is characterized by sensual, organic shapes and a painterly use of hand-tinted resin.

Care instructions: This jewelry is resilient and may be cleaned with common household cleaners such as Soft Scrub or commercial silver dips.

These exquisite 24k gold fusion and sterling silver 35mm hoop earrings feature rectangular shape links with 18k yellow gold posts and sterling silver friction backs. This generous donation from local New Paltz jeweler Hudson Valley Goldsmith is sure to become a treasured piece in your jewelry collection.

A Bit of Wild jewelry is created from antler sections that have been carefully hand-sanded then polished to a soft sheen. Antlers, borne by males of the deer family (and by female caribou and reindeer) are the fastest-growing bone in any mammal - indeed, one of the fastest-growing tissues in the animal kingdom! Shed and regrown annually for the life of the animal, antler is a renewable bio-material unlike anything human-made. Shed as well as salvaged/repurposed antlers provide the raw material for this jewelry.

Antler shape, size configuration and density vary with geography, animal age and health, mineral status, nutrition, and genetics. The "spongy" bone in the inner core of the antler forms differently and is typically distinct from the harder, ivory-like outer material. This variation, reflecting the pattern asymmetry, and imperfection that characterize much of nature, is the palette for this distinctive jewelry. In different sizes, shapes, and tones from delicate to bold, no two pieces are alike, and all are surprisingly light weight. Crafted and donated by Don Christian, Mohonk Preserve Board Member Emeritus.

These Falling Leaves triangle earrings are sterling silver and gold-plated sterling (18k Vermeil) and are textured or oxidized with shiny lines or dots that reflect the light. Anodized Niobium and Carnelian cabochon. The gold-plated ear wires are left sterling at the top where they rest in the ear, and they all clip closed in the back. 1 1/3" long x 3/4" wide

Photo by Tom Leader

These tiny half round earrings are oxidized sterling and gold plated with 4 mm cubic zirconia. The gold-plated ear wires are left sterling at the top where they rest in the ear, and they all clip closed in the back. 1 1/4" long x 1/2" wide

Photo by: Tom Leader

A Bit of Wild jewelry is created from antler sections that have been carefully hand-sanded then polished to a soft sheen. Antlers, borne by males of the deer family (and by female caribou and reindeer) are the fastest-growing bone in any mammal - indeed, one of the fastest-growing tissues in the animal kingdom! Shed and regrown annually for the life of the animal, antler is a renewable bio-material unlike anything human-made. Shed as well as salvaged/repurposed antlers provide the raw material for this jewelry.

Antler shape, size configuration and density vary with geography, animal age and health, mineral status, nutrition, and genetics. The "spongy" bone in the inner core of the antler forms differently and is typically distinct from the harder, ivory-like outer material. This variation, reflecting the pattern asymmetry, and imperfection that characterize much of nature, is the palette for this distinctive jewelry. In different sizes, shapes, and tones from delicate to bold, no two pieces are alike, and all are surprisingly light weight. Crafted and donated by Don Christian, Mohonk Preserve Board Member Emeritus.

A Bit of Wild jewelry is created from antler sections that have been carefully hand-sanded then polished to a soft sheen. Antlers, borne by males of the deer family (and by female caribou and reindeer) are the fastest-growing bone in any mammal - indeed, one of the fastest-growing tissues in the animal kingdom! Shed and regrown annually for the life of the animal, antler is a renewable bio-material unlike anything human-made. Shed as well as salvaged/repurposed antlers provide the raw material for this jewelry.

Antler shape, size configuration and density vary with geography, animal age and health, mineral status, nutrition, and genetics. The "spongy" bone in the inner core of the antler forms differently and is typically distinct from the harder, ivory-like outer material. This variation, reflecting the pattern asymmetry, and imperfection that characterize much of nature, is the palette for this distinctive jewelry. In different sizes, shapes, and tones from delicate to bold, no two pieces are alike, and all are surprisingly light weight. Crafted and donated by Don Christian, Mohonk Preserve Board Member Emeritus.