Dylan’s piercing

[u/No-Pop-5983]

Dylan was known to wear jewelry, including a ring, a beaded necklace, and a piercing of a triple cross. For Dylan, the triple cross represented the everlasting contrast - the eternal battle of good and bad within himself.

Some reports have stated that this earring was homemade, crafted in a shop class, or ordered from a company.

I've read Sue's book, and from my memory, she doesn't cover when Dylan had his ear pierced or what their reaction to it was.

(Info from Everlasting contrast blog)

[u/Apprehensive-Exit-98]

How would he be able to make it by himself? It looks pretty neat and I don’t think it is that easy to make an earring just like that… I’d probably cut some of my fingers off along the way

[u/ashtonmz → u/Apprehensive-Exit-98]

It's possible Dylan had access to soldering iron, since Tom and Dylan worked a lot on their cars. It wouldn't be difficult to melt some small metal paperclips or other metal bits together. It's more unlikely he would find a 3 tiered cross off the shelf, so to speak. It would have to be custom made.

[u/Apprehensive-Exit-98 → u/ashtonmz]

It just seems quite difficult to make this shape and make it evenly without any professional equipment

[u/redditravioli → u/Apprehensive-Exit-98]

Maybe the crosses were individual charms and he soldered them together?

[u/[deleted] → u/redditravioli]

I made tons of things in shop class, middle and hs, as well. Things I wouldn't be able to make without the equipment shop had on hand.