Silver Forest has been hand crafting their earrings in Bellows Falls, Vermont for over 30 years! Natural elements, ancient cultures and a subtle sense of humor influence their designs. Care is given in making each piece using only the safest of materials. Earwires are surgical steel. Stones as a rule are genuine semi-precious. SF also uses glass beads, natural materials, and genuine Austrian Crystal to accent their jewelry. Metals in their jewelry consist of raw brass or copper elements. Each shape or disk is, cut and rolled out with propriety textures. SF uses scores of different textures and over 1000 shapes. All SF jewelry is Lead free and Cadmium free. Silver Forest earrings are soldered together, never glued. This creates a slight variation in every piece, which gives the ambiance of wearable art.