{"product_id":"recycled-sterling-silver-ginkgo-leaf-earrings","title":"Ginkgo Leaf Earrings ♻️","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ginkgo is the oldest living tree species on earth. Two hundred and seventy million years old — older than the dinosaurs, older than flowers, older than almost every living thing that shares the planet with it. It survived the Permian extinction. It survived Hiroshima, resprouting from charred stumps within a year of the blast. And every autumn, without fail, it drops those unmistakable fan-shaped leaves in a single, silent cascade of gold. Botanists call it a \"living fossil.\" Which undersells it considerably.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's a reason the ginkgo leaf has appeared in art and ornamentation for centuries — from classical Japanese family crests to the Art Nouveau metalwork of René Lalique and the decorative ironwork of Hector Guimard's Paris Métro entrances. Its form is both radically simple and endlessly complex: a single stem splitting into a fan of delicate veins, symmetrical but never quite perfect. It's nature doing what the best designers aspire to — creating a shape so resolved it feels inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNina Designs, a woman-owned studio with a deep commitment to responsible sourcing, cast these in recycled sterling silver — giving a 270-million-year-old form new life through reclaimed material. Each leaf is small, sculptural, and finely detailed, with the vein structure and gentle curve of a real ginkgo rendered with quiet precision. At just under an inch from post to tip and a mere 2 grams per pair, they sit close to the ear with an almost weightless presence — the kind of earring you put on in the morning and forget until someone asks about it. Sterling silver means naturally hypoallergenic, so they're comfortable from the first wear to the thousandth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandcrafted for Nina Designs using recycled sterling silver.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nina Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43122124816431,"sku":"010-E-10005","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/1065\/8863\/files\/Recycled-Sterling-Silver-Ginkgo-Leaf-Earrings-Nina-Designs-Harold-Hazel_34356810285103.jpg?v=1728101893","url":"https:\/\/haroldandhazel.live\/products\/recycled-sterling-silver-ginkgo-leaf-earrings","provider":"Harold \u0026 Hazel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}