Favourite commissions upto April

Here's just a few pics of some of my favourite commissions I did recently:

I know I've blogged about this one before... But it's still a favourite.
Sterling Silver Gents Wedding ring, Roman Numerals reading the wedding date.


A Gear Heart Brooch in sterling silver with hand pierced cogs.
Made this one that the cogs fit snugly into each other
and cannot turn but the effect is amazing when worn!

And then one of my Heart Rings.
I oxidised the sides and polished the edges of this one.

I'm feeling an urge to play with this idea again and bring out some pieces inspired by it...

Sneak peak...naughty naughty

Well I've been hard at work doing commissions for clients and working hard on my latest stock for The Fringe Arts and getting it ready for them. As well as doing work for my degree... Which sadly has been going slower than I want it to.

So without further wait I can present a sneak peak of 3 of the pieces available from Fringe. Showing off the rest would be cheating... tsk tsk go have a look.

So these are the pics. Two pendants and a pair of earrings. I'm quite chuffed with how they came out. There are similar pieces at the shop as well. Hehehe, I know... Naughty

So go have a look folks, let me know what you think and check out my facebook page for the rest of the pics.
But after seeing all the hard work my fellow bloggers and tweeters have put in (Nina, Emma and Theresa) I feel I have to start doing more work... So hopefully next blog will have a few pics of my completed workshop... Let's hold thumbs

tick tock tick tock....

Here's one of my favourite pieces, a clockwork heart brooch. I've been known to call my heart, the beaty thing, the organic pump, machine that needs to stop... yes I don't like emotion, yet I thrive on it. This piece was one of my "ten piece" collection. It was inspired in part by a friend who designed a piece of jewellery based on Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, a vilian from the hellboy series, who has a clockwork heart, read him up on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ruprecht_Kroenen , i do not condone wikipedia as the information is unsourced and though mostly right does contain some errors). The piece was also inspired by a bit of an emotional setback I had and I wished at that time to be able to turn my heart off like a machine, hence silencing the beaty thing. The brooch is large about 6 cm in diameter, the outside is flypressed quite shallow and pierced in a cracked and beat open manner. The bottom gears are soldered onto the back plate and are slightly smaller than the tope gears. The top gears sit ontop of cheniers cut .2mm higher than the bottom gears. These in turn can move and connect. The inside was oxidised and scratch brushed to give a worn and old manner like the heart has been through much damage and abuse.