We’ve never seen anything quite like this jewelry…

The sterling silver and gold vermeil pieces by the mother and daughter Starbird team look somehow ancient and futuristic all at once. The Tempest Silver Earrings, for instance, might have been unearthed in a treasure-chest with this enchanting star chart from 1764 (above) - but then again, we can imagine them adorning the ears of some far-off future princess. And yet still, they could be a miniature map of the ocean floor.

The Moonscape Necklace (a TLC favorite!) evokes spaceships and tea ceremonies, or perhaps tea and crumpets on a moon-bound zeppelin attended by all the solar system’s most illustrious dignitaries. Anyway, can you see how this jewelry might cause one to wax rhapsodic? We’re pretty wowed by all that texture, shape and movement contained in such a small area. Each component of this jewelry is like a tiny window that opens up onto an exotic world that is both distant yet familiar.

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