108 - GLACIER SILT STUDS

GLACIER SILT STUD EARRINGS

Mendenhall Glacier & Matanuska (Mat-Su) Glacier
Gold-Filled Hardware

These studs hold the quiet work of time.

Each pair is handcrafted using glacial silt collected from the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau and the Matanuska (Mat-Su) Glacier in Southcentral Alaska. This fine, dark material is created as glaciers slowly press against mountain walls—grinding stone into silt over thousands of years. What remains is not debris, but history reduced to its most elemental form.

Set into clean, minimal gold-filled bezels, the glacier silt reveals subtle variation and depth—no two surfaces exactly alike. The result is understated and powerful, carrying both stillness and immense geological movement within a small form.

These studs are finished on the same high-end gold-filled hardware used throughout this collection, including gold-filled stud posts and backings encased in soft silicone for comfort, security, and everyday reliability. Designed to be worn often, these earrings balance durability with quiet elegance.

They are not decorative stones—they are time made visible.

Details:

• Glacial silt from Mendenhall Glacier (Juneau, Alaska)

• Glacial silt from Matanuska (Mat-Su) Glacier, Southcentral Alaska

• Gold-filled bezel, posts, and components

• Gold-filled stud backings encased in silicone for comfort and reliability

• Lightweight and comfortable for daily wear

• Handmade in Alaska

• Each pair is naturally unique

ARTIST BIO

Kassandra Aki-Eyre is an Inupiaq artist and certified Silver Hand artist, born and raised in Alaska. She is a tribal member of the Native Village of Kotzebue and creates work under her jewelry label Modern Indigenous, where contemporary design meets ancestral materials and northern landscapes.

Her work centers on time, place, and transformation—drawing inspiration from glaciers, oceans, fish camps, and the quiet strength of Arctic and subarctic environments. Using materials such as silver, gold-fill, copper, stone, shell, salmon skin, glacial silt, resin, fur, ivory, bone, and naturally sourced elements, Kassandra creates jewelry that honors material integrity while presenting a refined, modern aesthetic.

Each piece is designed and handcrafted in Alaska with intention and respect—allowing the land itself to remain present in the work.