Poppy Earrings | August Birth Flower in S925 Sterling Silver

Material & Craft
Hand-carved in wax and cast in S925 sterling silver using lost wax casting. These poppy earrings pair a full sculpted bloom with a long branch of leaves — petal folds, stem lines and leaf veins all worked in the wax first. The two parts separate: the bloom is a quiet stud in its own right, and the leaf branch hooks back on for the full drop. Nickel-free, with no plating; the silver takes on a soft patina in the creases of the petals, deepening the texture over time.

Wearing & Styling
Light for their length, these poppy earrings are built around movement — the branch sways with every step while the bloom holds still, which is what long dangle earrings are for. The poppy is August’s flower, so as August birth flower jewelry they make an easy birthday answer — though the older meanings, hope in adversity among them, belong to anyone. More blooms live in our birth flower jewelry collection and across our flower jewelry pieces.

About This Piece
The maker first learned this flower’s name from a poem — written a thousand years ago by an emperor who had lost everything, asking how much sorrow one life can hold. On a foggy morning 1,047 years later, the studio sculpted these poppy earrings and asked a smaller question: is it still the same flower? Every pair is finished by hand, so no two blooms fold alike. Perhaps that is the answer — it was never the same flower twice.