Nature sure knows how to delight you with an unexpected gift. A complete surprise, I love the under texture of it’s top. In my garden this mushroom has popped up. I love the slow making of these, its very calming for the mind. You may recognize the design as it is a cross over design from my enameled collection. I have been working on some new pieces in my seed bead collection. I will share some other images of the rest soon. I love the soft milkiness of the green teamed up with the stripy purple in the fluorite. I’ve just finished a batch of gemstone earrings, my favourite is this pendulum style pair with malachite and fluorite. My creativity thankfully has been flowing along nicely and I have been creating many lovely pieces. It is the coldest and wettest time of the year and the perfect time to hibernate in my studio. ![]() Known as the season of fertility which occurs around June and July. We are now in the middle of the Noongar season of Makuru. I hope you can join me for the opening night!Ħpm Friday the 30th September till 9th October. Shapes in the environment and urban landscape, decay and rejuvenation. My favourite is the hexagonal shape.Īs a final exploration I researched the natural shapes that appear in nature, simple forms, singular and repetitive. ![]() The connection between human emotions, personality types, design and how peoples minds subconsciously interpret different shapes. As a next step I started researching the psychological meaning behind the base shapes of the frames. I believe that everything you make has a deeper meaning a connection to yourself, life, creation, and our environment. For the moment I’m keeping the colour a secret. ![]() I’ve always been fascinated by my family’s handcrafted wears and I wanted to regenerate materials and crafts form past generations, as well as using discarded material sitting in a box. The use of recycled sterling silver in forms I had laying in my unfinished pile in conjunction with vintage seed beads from my Great Aunty Jess who used to sew the seed beads onto baby booties. As a starting point I wanted to use up-cycled materials already at had, God knows I have enough. ![]() In my practice I work intuitively, creating and exploring shape, form, material and process as I go. I thought I would share with you a sneak peak of my pieces, the process and concept behind these pieces I am creating. The hand stitched beads on this piece, easily slide around letting the piece be multi-faceted and be worn in many ways.Īt the end of the month I will be participating in the Jewellers and Metalsmiths of WA biennial members exhibition REGENERATE be held at Camelot gallery in Mosman Park. Square Bangle – recycled sterling silver, vintage seed beads Recycled sterling silver, vintage seed beads I grew up surrounded by creativity and I’ve always been fascinated by my family’s handcrafted wears be it sewing, crocheting, embroidery or knitting.įor the stitch in time collection I wanted to regenerate those memories by creating a modern collection incorporating traditional silver smithing techniques and bead weaving using sterling silver components interweaved with a neutral pallet of vintage metal seed beads from my Great Aunt Jess. Otherwise follow my Instagram page where I will be showing my pieces and popping on some images of the exhibition when I am there.įinally I can show you my pieces that I have on exhibition and reveal the sweetest colour splash of the seed beads that I was keeping a secret. The exhibition runs till 9th October, I will be sitting at the gallery next Saturday morning if you feel like popping down to say hello. The exhibition had a good mix of materials and creative wears including neck pieces, earrings, bangles, sculpture and more. Regenerate exhibition is underway at Camelot in Mosman park with opening night being very successful, with a great turnout of members and friends.
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