These lovely sterling silver and bronze earrings were designed by Judie Gumm of Ester, Alaska. For northern peoples, the return of the sun after the winter solstice is a life-giving event. In these tiny, wearable works of art the ascendant sun is beginning to eclipse the waning winter moon. The river symbolizes the return of spring and the geese overhead represent the promise of new life. And you thought these were just pretty earrings.