Roman Glass Earrings

Israel. Present day.

She wandered among the ruins of an ancient glassmaking workshop, the afternoon sun warming the weathered stones.

Then, for an instant, everything changed.

Furnaces roared. Merchants called across a crowded courtyard. The air smelled of woodsmoke and the sea.

A young artisan lifted a delicate blue-green pitcher toward the sunlight, admiring the way the glass caught the light.

A woman laughed nearby. Someone called his name.

And then it was gone.

Only the ruins remained.

She stood motionless, listening to the wind.

Her fingers drifted to the small Roman glass earrings at her ears, their iridescent surfaces glowing in the afternoon light.

Funny, the things that survive

sterling silver and ancient Roman glass from Israel

 *black & white images with models not true to size