3 May 2011
I’m very close to finally having my new range of handmade jewellery fully made – I’ve been working very hard on it. Just a few more pieces to complete and then lots of photographing, writing and listing to do!
But in the interim I thought I’d share a final sneak peek with you of a number of finished pieces which will be part of the new range. You can find more photos on my Flickr.
Wish me luck for a couple of sunny days at just the right time so I can get my final photographs done!
20 July 2010
Finally my new range of handmade jewellery has been released into the wild. Hooray!
You can find the new collection in my Australian handmade jewellery shop and also in my international handmade jewelry shop.
Below you’ll find some photos and details of a few of the new pieces.
This sterling silver chain is entirely handmade in sterling silver – a very labour-intensive process!
The links are smaller than in my original handmade chain, so there are a lot more of them, but are made with sterling silver of the same thickness. Each link has been formed, soldered and then hammer-beaten to give it a sparkly finish.
The handmade chain is finished with a hammered 14ct gold link which features four ametrine gemstone beads and one amethyst bead, each suspended from a 14ct gold pin.
I’ve made a version of this chain for myself and I must say that it’s a joy to wear!
This butterfly wing pendant is the deluxe version of a design that has been one of my most popular for a few years now. The wing has been intricately cut out by hand in sterling silver.
The new design is slightly longer and is suspended from a delicate sterling silver chain – something many customers have requested over the years.
It also features a sparkly, hammer-beaten ring in 14ct gold which holds two ametrine gemstone beads and one amethyst, all suspended from handmade 14ct gold pins.
These leaf and bud earrings and leaf and bud pendant were inspired by a leaf spotted at the gorgeous Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens near to where I live.
The leaves have been cut out by hand in sterling silver. They have been hammer-beaten to give an organic shape and texture and have been finished with a brushed satin finish. The buds are beautiful pear-shaped faceted garnets.
The leaf and bud necklace is suspended from a delicate sterling silver chain which features three small green aventurine beads as highlights.
This lovely seed pods necklace was inspired by a branch of pods spotted at the Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens.
The branch has been cut out by hand in sterling silver. It is suspended from a delicate sterling silver chain and features five small natural pearls as highlights.
Inspired by a native fern, these maidenhair fern earrings and maidenhair fern pendant have been cut out by hand in sterling silver. The leaves have been hammer-beaten to give them an organic shape and texture, before being given a matte white-ish finish.
The earrings are finished with handmade sterling silver ear wires. The pendant is suspended from a delicate sterling silver chain which features three small green aventurine gemstone beads as highlights.
I’ll share some more pieces soon, but you can see the whole range in my Australian shop or my international shop right now!
14 November 2007
As promised in my previous post, here are some ‘proper’ photographs and details of the new work I’ve created in the last week or so.
Much of the new work is now listed in my jewelry shop – and you can find more photographs in my Flickr.
This simple cutout flower pendant has been intricately cut out of sterling silver to leave the outline of a flower. The pendant is suspended on deep red natural silk with handmade sterling silver findings.
There is also a cutout flower pendant on black silk (and I can generally change the colour of the silk to something else if people prefer), along with a pair of cutout flower earrings.
To date I’ve not used a lot of gemstones in the work I sell online, however, I’m starting to play with some stones again and hope to have more in future.
Recently I fell in love with these elegant and not-too-flashy facetted quartz crystal briolettes. I’ve created a few simple designs which I hope have just the right balance between being subtle and ‘organic’, while also being sparkly and eye-catching.
The above necklace features three of the briolettes which have been placed on loops of sterling silver. The loops have been soldered closed, hammer beaten for texture and then oxidised a rich black. The loops are suspended from a simple sterling silver chain with handmade findings.
I’ve also created variations on this design using a black silk necklace and silver loops, along with quartz crystal earrings using both the oxidised and non-oxidised loops.
Cameos have fascinated me for a long time and for ages I’ve been thinking about creating my own interpretations of what is a very traditional theme in jewellery making. And here is my first design along these lines – a cameo pendant.
The traditional cameo profile of a woman’s head has been sawn out by hand from a piece of sterling silver which has been etched with my favourite detailed damask-style pattern. The silver has then been cut into a circle and domed to give it a rounded surface. The metal was then oxidised black and then sanded back leaving the raised areas of the patten a brushed but shiny silver.
The cameo pendant is suspended on natural black silk with handmade sterling silver findings.
The above etched leaves earrings are a variation of the leaves designs I created recently. This time the teardrop shaped and slightly domed panels with a dense leaf pattern etched onto the surface are suspended from curvaceous ear wires. The panels will swing eye-catchingly as the wearer moves.
I’ve also been creating some simple bead pieces for holiday shopping, including using some of my lovely stash of German glass vintage beads which were created by a company which closed down in the 1970s – the beads I’ve got date from the ’40s through the ’70s.
These stylised flower beads used for these vintage bead earrings have a ripple running around the edge of them and are a really lovely duck egg blue colour. To create these each earring I’ve placed three beads on handmade sterling silver pins which have then been wrapped to hold the bead in place. The three beads are then suspended from a handmade sterling silver ear wire.
To go with the earrings I’ve created this simple vintage flower bead pendant. Again the beads are placed on handmade pins and wrapped. They are then suspended on a hammer beaten loop of sterling silver, which is in turn suspended from a natural black silk necklace with handmade sterling silver findings.
And there are some other pieces besides … You can find these and other pieces, new and old, in my handmade jewellery shop – and soon on Mintd and already on Etsy.
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