Copper Hoops Earrings with Abalone ShellThe colors, the contrast, the shape. Wow. I've been mesmerized by abalone since I was a kid. There's something almost otherworldly about it the way it shifts from green to blue to purple depending on the light, like it's holding a little piece of the ocean inside. I just had to work with it. These sweet little copper hoop earrings are handcrafted in my Virginia studio, each one featuring a hand picked abalone shell set into a hammered copper hoop