Marla Aaron Fordite Mini Discs with Base - PAIR

This listing is for a PAIR of earrings — Our fine jewelry collection does not come with singles. Interested in a single of this style? Shoot us an email here! 

These statement earrings from Marla Aaron are one of our favorites. These gold earrings come with 2cm discs of vibrant Fordite that can be removed from the earring bases (see the video we've included in the product images!) and mixed and matched with different lozenges from the designer. 

The earrings themselves are easy to wear and insert/remove yourself with a strong clicker mechanism. Marla's earrings are lovingly handmade in 18k Yellow Gold.  

"In the automotive factories, on the floors where they paint the cars, the paint layers and forms a hard surface—like a stone. Some enterprising person realized that chiseling it off allowed for it to be formed into jewelry, pens, the occasional handle to a knife and many things actually. The Fordite we use is from the Ford Motor Company between the years of 1960 and 1990. We also have some Corvette paint as those cars were painted in a different room and have different colors. I think our customers’ response to our Fordite pieces is easily explained by the somewhat mythical quality of Detroit itself—the boom and the bust of it and now its resurrection…a very American story.
All Fordite pieces are sold in limited quantities as the material of this quality and age is extremely limited."