"Singing Garden" Real Pressed Viola Pansy Earrings

Yunicrafts' Viola pansy earrings are drop earrings built around real Viola blooms that have been pressed flat and then coated in several layers of clear resin. A small crystal is set at the center of each flower and a cluster of freshwater or simulated pearls hangs below it, on gold-plated hardware. Two blooms are offered: a deep violet and yellow Johnny Jump Up, and a white Viola with dark center markings. Because the flowers are pressed thin, the finished earrings are light. Now, let's explore some of its special qualities and unique characteristics.

What distinguishes these from most floral earrings is that the flower is the material, not a printed or molded version of one. Pressing keeps the bloom flat and paper-thin, so the petal veins and the dark center markings stay visible, and the resin layers seal the pressed flower into a solid piece that resists moisture and fading. The pearls are strung to hang loose below the flower rather than fixed against it, so they move independently, and the crystal sits in the flower's center where the pollen would be. Each bloom grew on its own, so the size, outline, and markings differ pair to pair.

Construction like that decides how the earrings wear. The pressed flower and thin resin layer keep the weight low enough for long wear and for sensitive ears, and the gold-plated hook is standard, so they suit everyday wear as readily as an occasion. The two colorways behave differently against clothing: the violet and yellow bloom reads as the bolder of the two, the white Viola as the quieter one.

Details

• Product: Drop earrings
• Primary material: Real pressed Viola (pansy) flower
• Secondary materials: Resin; freshwater or simulated pearls; crystal
• Hardware: Gold-plated
• Preservation: Flower pressed flat and sealed in multiple clear resin layers
• Colorways: Johnny Jump Up (violet and yellow); White Viola
• Weight: Lightweight
• Variation: Size, shape, and flower markings vary between pairs