Pipage Earrings

5.0 x 0.5 x 0.45 cm

papers, beads, hammered annealed steel wire

A stiff paper, similar to mat board, is layered to construct the hollow pipe shape of each earring component. Tissue and decorative papers are layered onto the pipe components using a small paint brush and glue. Design patterns are also made this way. There is no front or back to Pipage Earrings because once strung onto hammered annealed steel wire, all the pipe shapes can be rotated. This results in a variety of colour combinations and thus earring looks. Completed earrings are sealed for wear and come in a variety of colour and pattern combinations.

Sally Prangley grew up near Seattle, with her fingers wrapped around a pencil and sketchbook. She has a BA in psychology and minor in art history from Northwestern University, and an MBA in marketing from George Washington University. Sally left the corporate world 40 years ago to be a professional artist. Largely self-taught, she recognized her interest was in alternative materials and techniques. After working with wood for 10 years making objects for the home, Sally learned traditional basketry and shifted to making wire baskets incorporating beads harvested from vintage jewellery.

Over time, her basketry work evolved to using wire and paper to make more sculptural objects. Sally's love for jewellery meant wire & bead and wire & paper jewellery paralleled her larger constructions. Her work is in galleries and museum stores across the US and in London. In autumn 2025, Sally's wire & paper jewellery was juried into the Florence Biennale, where it won one of four Leonardo DaVinci awards for outstanding design. In November 2025, Sally's jewellery was also part of the Cluster International Jewellery Fair in London.