"Electroformed Bone" Earrings
Two Finch Skulls attached to a Racoon Rib and Electroformed in Copper.
Copper Electroforming and Bone.
3" L x 1" W.
Aprroximately 7-8 grams each.
Jewelry Series
Rooted in a deep reverence for nature, this series highlights the fragments we often overlook-objects left behind, collected, or quietly admired. Bones and objects are transformed into intentional, one of a kind earrings through electroforming, a process that seals and elevates each element with a sense of preciousness.
Misha Nalepa is a Toledo-based artist whose practice bridges glass and metal. Trained in sculpture at the Columbus College of Art & Design, he now serves as Lead Glass Studio Artist at the Toledo Museum of Art. His glasswork centers on form, function, and a continual pursuit of new techniques, while his electroformed jewelry transforms natural materials-such as bone and taxidermied elements-into preserved, wearable objects. Through both mediums, Nalepa explores craftsmanship, material memory, and the intimate connection between object and wearer.
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