BROOCHES & EARRINGS

This brooch can also be worn as a pendant by threading a chain through the brooch pin. The central section is made from what I call ‘precious metal scumble’. This is precious metal dust and pieces of different colours of gold and silver melted together, then patinated to make this warm nebula-like effect. The large antique diamond is set in green gold.

2019

A really difficult thing to photograph, this piece demonstrates the fascination of meteorite whose shifting light changes constantly. The client is fascinated by outer space so meteorite was an obvious choice. The blue stone was to be the ice-cold of outer space and the five rays of 18 carat green gold represent the five strands of her family. Another 60th birthday celebration. 2015

18 carat white and yellow gold inlaid with hand made mokume gane (layers of different coloured precious metals formed to make a swirling pattern). The mokume represents the pebbles on the river bottom seen through swirling peaty water. The client commissioned this as a golden wedding present for his wife who is an expert salmon fisher and he did not want anything too abstract. 2003

18 carat gold and ivory brooch set with a with 3 carat ruby. The brooch was commissioned for a ruby wedding anniversary, and the star shape was specially requested. The ivory came from an old teething ring blank.

Set with five cabochon lapis lazuli. Commissioned to commemorate an achievement. The brief was to make it large, and to use blue stones. The design indicates a ladder and also Chinese characters, as the recipient was greatly involved with Chinese culture. 2013

Measuring 6cm x 4cm, this silver brooch is set with inlaid ebony and a large amethyst which the client brought back from South America in the 1990s. Matching earrings with smaller amethysts were made to go with the brooch.

It was recently brought back to me to check the catch (it was fine), and it was good to see the piece again; a favourite of mine.

18 carat gold inlaid with ebony. I made a whole series of these in the 1990s.

These earrings are in fact almost flat; the illusion of billowing sails comes from the shape of the inlaid red gold and a slight shaping at the edge. Made for a special birthday for a special sister.

Made from silver, inlaid with mokume gane made of silver and copper. The swirling of the mokume represents the effect you get when water is gently lapping at sunset. Made for someone with copper-red hair who loved sailing.