Ruby Flower Power Necklace

I was recently commissioned to make a very special 'flower power' inspired necklace for a 40th wedding anniversary. It is made from silver and each flower is set with a ruby. You can follow the design and making process in the photos below.

Joint Jewellery

These necklaces are the first pieces of jewellery Sarah (my sister) and I have designed and made together. We used grid structures and squares from Sarah's designs and resin shapes from my designs, combining them to create these distinctive pendants.

Merry Christmas!!!

This has probably been about the best Christmas ever!!! Check out my present!



I realise to most people this is just a big lego set and a very excited girl who is possible too old to be this excited about lego. But it's not just a lego set, it is THE lego set, the biggest in the world! 5197 pieces (mostly grey!) in a box I struggle to carry. Not even joined any yet, still in the sorting out phase but it's soooo much fun! I'll write a whole post about it when it's finished!

So onto more jewellery orientated stuff! I had a fairly successful Christmas period selling my jewellery at two craft fairs in Dundee, thought I'd keep it local this year to keep costs down. One which myself and some other members of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery organised, you can read about it here>> and the other in the Caird Hall. Thanks to everyone who came to see and buy!

I also had a few kilt pin commissions, the finished products you can see below -









Still in the middle of a website redesign for the kilt pins section of my website so haven't uploaded any new photos on it for a while, well not worked on the website for a while either so will crack on with that in the New Year.

Right, off to enjoy more Christmas stuff, and it's snowing again yay! Hope everyone has a fun and boozy Hogmany, and Santa, if you're reading this, THANK YOU!!!

Jabberwocky Necklace

I've just sent some exciting pieces of jewellery down to Artifex Gallery in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands. It's a mixture of some older Jabberwocky pieces and Treasure Rings with a new Jabberwocky Necklace and collection of necklaces, bracelets and cufflinks inspired by my imaginings of pirates and shipwrecks.




Here's some close ups of the Jabberwocky Necklace. It is the first stanza of 'The Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll that really inspires me, along with the description given of the three creatures mentioned by Humpty Dumpty in 'Through the Looking Glass'. This first stanza is also published alone in 'Mischmasch' under the title 'Stanza of Angelo-Saxon Poetry' with slightly different translations of the words. I use both the descriptions to help visualise these words in the form of jewellery.

New Kilt Pin

I've just finished making this striking Kilt Pin inspired by the clients guitar. It is to be worn on a black kilt so the design needed to have a bold outline and incorporates a piece of turquoise, inserts of wenge and photo-etched music (Bob Dylan's 'Forever Young').



Here are some of the photos I worked from and some of the designs I came up with after deciding on the overall shape.





And here's some photos of the making process -

New Collection in the DCA

I now have a collection of jewellery ready to buy in the DCA Shop in Dundee. The collection includes some Biomorph Rings including the fabulous (and slightly dangerous!) Monstro, two Biohoop Brooches as well as colourful Biomorph Pendants, Studs and classic silver bangles.

Monstro

Green Biohoop Brooch

Turquoise and Purple Biomorph Pendant

Silver Bangles

Sketchbook to Finished Piece

I recently finished this commission for a friend of mine, a Kilt Pin for his brothers 60th birthday and earrings for his nieces. It was inspired by the Iona cross and has a Lily of the Valley motif in the centre. I've taken photos of it in different stages of design and making.