There's a flower that scatters itself along the roadsides and forest edges of the Himalayas as summer turns toward autumn - small, white-petalled, gathered loosely around a bright centre. The wild Himalayan daisy.
These earrings hold that closer look, twice over.
Wild daisy petals are deceptively fragile, thin enough to bruise if pressed even slightly askew, and quick to lose their crisp white if the drying isn't slow and even. So each bloom is picked at the height of its bloom, pressed flat, and left to dry over weeks until every last trace of the hillside's moisture is gone. Only then can two blooms be matched closely enough in size and shade to sit together on the same hook.
From hillside to finished earring: the better part of a season.
The hardest part was finding pairs. No two wild daisies press exactly alike, and getting two flowers close enough in size, shape, and white to sit in balance on a single piece meant setting aside far more blooms than made the final cut. What you're looking at now is a matched pair that made it through. And if you look closely, each flower still holds its own small, individual asymmetry - proof that nothing here was grown to match.
Preserved botanical: Wild Himalayan Daisy - Gathered from the forested hillsides of Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Material details:
- Pressed flowers/petals
- 24K Gold Plated Brass
Dimensions: Total Length: 7cm (approx.)
What does 'RARE' mean? : Refer to the 'About the Products' section in the FAQs
NOTE : Each piece carries the natural character of the botanical it was born from. Minor colour variations and micro-imperfections are not flaws; they are signatures of authenticity. Please review all photos carefully before ordering.
Grown over seasons. Made over moons. Yours for years.