These maple hoops are dyed with marigold blossoms from the community garden. The fresh blossoms I used yielded beautiful citrines and olives, while the dried blossoms gave golden yellows. Wild! Finished with tung oil, these emphasize the wood grain with a soft satin finish. This soft golden yellow plays nicely with skin tones that don't vibe with more intense yellows. Outfitted with salvaged leather scraps and brass eyelets, and nickel-free brass hardware. It's vintage, it's rustic, it's so fun. 
 
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
Locally sourced dye