Paesina stone ear cuff

Pieces made by hand with stainless steel wire.
A contemporary piece with all the essence of the Mediterranean and its landscape.
A unisex piece that does not require drilling.

Paesina stone can be found in all the Northern Apennine mountain areas of Italy, from Tuscany, particularly from Florence. Because of look like landscape paintings and because of its specific origin, it is also called: landscape stone, ruin stone, ruiniform limestone or marble, and Florentine marble.

Paesina stone was also used in works realized with the technique of "Commesso" (also known as the Florentine Mosaic Art technique). Florentine art of ancient tradition still in use, consists to build a mosaic using various stones "committed together".

The dendrites are formed from water-borne minerals, most commonly manganese. These are carried into the stone in solution, between the bedding planes.