These are a smaller version of the big Violin Hoops. Reclaimed maple provides a remarkably strong, lightweight canvas for natural, botanical dyes to shine. This year's batch came out deep, earthy, jewel-toned and with a sort of attitude! Wear these as amulets of dignity - the earth's own expression of color, intensity, and self-respect - or give them to someone who could use that energy.
 
Dimensions: vary, but mostly a bit under 2" wide by 2" high.
 
I developed the Violin Hoops by learning historic finishing methods from a luthier. Each piece - not even just each pair, but each piece - is individually shaped by hand, which gives a warmth to the organic, imprecise shapes that laser cut wood jewelry lacks. Each piece then has to be sanded, mordanted in two or three separate baths, dried, dyed in up to four dye applications, dried again, sanded, and then receives 3 to 7 coats of oil and/or shellac. I am constantly refining this process with each batch in order to balance the refractive qualities of the finish with the durability required for serious dancing.
 
Petroleum free