This pair of earrings has two hand-folded, jet-black miniature paper cranes, lacquered for strength and durability (very sturdy! Carefully lacquered paper maintains a bit of flex, so they’re reinforced but not brittle), arranged vertically with black and dark charcoal gray matte glass beads, on stainless steel hardware. The wingspan of each crane measures just shy of ¾" (super tiny!), and the bottom of the earring hangs just about 1.5" from the earlobe. Paper cranes are lightweight but substantial, and a few glass beads give these earrings a real good dangle. ~~~ My favorite band (Thimblesieve, obvs.) is touring, and I had the incredible luck to run into their greatest drummer (Edgar the Arm, obvs.) after the last show of theirs I attended, and he was kind enough to sign my colander. After a lovely interaction (Edgar is well-known to be just a really nice dude, I was a stammering, star-struck mush-mouth, and he was just genuinely pleased to talk to a fan), I thanked him and made my way through the gathering crowd toward the exit, but right as I got to the door (at least a hundred yards away, it’s a huge venue), I heard his distinctive voice shout “HALT, ODDMOTH!” and turned just in time to catch the earrings Edgar had winged my way. On my colander, he wrote those unforgettable Thimblesieve lyrics: We’re all grape shingles in the sun, yeah,Gonna need a louder ladder ‘cause we’re already raisin the roof
