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Hatching turtle cufflinks

Here we have:

Gold baby turtles emerging from silver eggs

What's the story: :

Commissioned by a client. My kids thought that they were cute so I added them here.

Variations:

These ones are 18ct gold and cost a fortune so I'm offering them in 9ct instead. If you want 18ct then please email me for a price.

And also...

I've made a pendant along the same lines.

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Baby sea turtles.
What's all the fuss about?

When a client asked me to make him some hatching turtle cufflinks I thought that it was a bit of a strange idea.
I looked around on the web and found a huge amount of interest in the subject of baby sea turtles and a surprising amount of jewellery based on them. It seems that these little critters have really captured the imagination of hordes of people.

I think that it's something to do with them being so miniature and so many. if you've seen film of these little guys all emerging from the sand and lunging and flipping themselves frantically towards the sea, you can't help but wonder at their energy and determination, and they engage our emotions as we will them to make it past the stabbing beaks of the seagulls and the other predators that swarm the beach when they emerge, and reach the safety of the surf.
It's only by dint of their huge numbers that any make it to the sea and so it's a drama that arouses both our wonder and our pity.

As a result, it seems that many people celebrate these plucky little heroes and want to display them on jewellery and clothing. It could be that they symbolise our own struggles in a world in which the odds often seem stacked against us. As with so many species, the chief threats to baby turtles come from ourselves. Even such things as lights from buildings pose a threat as the turtles can become confused as to the direction of the sea and head inland instead. Let's hope that enough keep getting through for our great grandchildren to also be able to witness this amazing natural drama.

If this interests you then take a few minutes to watch this short video.