SALMON & GLACIER STUD SET

Sockeye Salmon Skin + Glacier Silt
Gold-Filled Hardware

This stud set brings together two materials shaped by Alaska’s cycles of movement and return.

The first pair features Sockeye Salmon skin, ethically sourced from salmon caught in Southeast Alaska by the artist or close friends. Preserved to highlight its natural texture, the skin is set into a clean gold-filled bezel—honoring a material rooted in sustenance, endurance, and cyclical return.

The second pair features glacier silt, collected from the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau and the Matanuska (Mat-Su) Glacier in Southcentral Alaska. Formed as glaciers slowly grind mountains into fine stone over thousands of years, this material carries the quiet weight of time and geological movement.

Together, these two pairs tell a broader story: ocean and ice, movement and stillness, nourishment and endurance. Both are minimal in form, allowing the materials—and their origins—to remain present.

Each pair is finished on high-end gold-filled stud posts and backings, with gold-filled backs encased in soft silicone for comfort, security, and everyday wear. Designed to be worn interchangeably or together, this set is meant to become part of a daily rhythm.

Set Includes:

• One pair of Sockeye Salmon skin stud earrings

• One pair of Glacier silt stud earrings (Mendenhall & Mat-Su Glaciers)

Details:

• Sockeye Salmon skin caught in Southeast Alaska by the artist or close friends

• Glacial silt from Mendenhall Glacier (Juneau) and Matanuska Glacier (Southcentral Alaska)

• Gold-filled bezels, posts, and components

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

• Lightweight, durable, and comfortable for daily wear

• Handmade in Alaska

• Each set 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 explores 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.