Rams Skull

Coming soon is the rams skull necklace, here is a peek at the new piece.

x rays

I'm really into xrays at the moment, just look how cool this is look how you can see through the stork ! and the spine on the xray picture below. It's giving me some ideas, better get drawing.

new skull ring

This is my latest piece, the bird skull ring !

Love in Haight

Wandering around the Haight San Fransisco I came across a real gem of a store, now I'm not saying that when I walked in there I was not creeped the hell out, because I was. It was a curious little shop half flower market half vintage jewellery/ taxidermy. I went in to have a look as I saw some bird skulls in the window and I am fascinated by animals, by anatomy by how beautiful creatures are, be them dead or alive. So yes I wandered into this tiny store to take a look. I was mesmerized. Some things are a bit spooky but the way they are used is so clever, so unusual and unique. I absolutely love this tooth ring. Take a look for yourselves on their online store http://www.lovedtodeath.net/

San Fransisco dreaming...

I've just come back from San Fransisico, a place that is absolutely amazing ! For me it has a spookey feeling to it. I guess the beautiful buildings and scenery remind me of some spookey films "Interview with a vampire", "The birds" or "Beetlejuice" and as I went in February the weather was similar to a hazy summers day in London, obviously the air was alot fresher. San Fransisco was so relaxed it just reminded me of being a kid without responibilities. We ate lots of pizza where a slice was as big as a whole pizza at home, tacos and in and out burger. We watched the fat sea lions laze in the sun. Met some of the nicest people, and some of the oddest. Went to cool art shows saw mike Giant and David Choe's work. Hung out with my good friend Holly and her cool friends, collected sand dollars and cherry blossoms and ofcourse saw loads of tiny dogs. I had an amazing time !

I have been looking at alternative mediums to make jewellery recently, how cool is this it's made from tooth picks. It's from www.muniquefashions.com take a look.

Over Christmas I was lucky enough to have a commission for this piece. An eagles skull with very rare 5mm Rubies from Burma set inside the eye sockets. I absolutely love it.

Hallmarking...stamp stamp stamp

I have just had my Christmas orders hallmarked ! I am a huge fan of hallmarking, I think it's amazing that we can find out where things have come from, and who they've been made by and in what year and where. I used to collect old teaspoons to make into spoon rings and I would make the hallmarks a big feature.

So I took a trip to the "Garden" earlier thats Hatton Garden for all those who aren't in the know to get my latest orders hallmarked.

Jessica McCormack

Reading through my latest issue of "Harpers Bazaar" I saw a little section about Jessica McCormack, I saw a piece titled the "Anger necklace" an arrow and beautiful brown feathers. As a lover of mixed media pieces I looked her up. Now I love her work ! She calls her work "mini sculptures" which is exactly the term I use to describe my work. There is so much more to a piece of jewellery, so much depth and work and feeling, that people don't always appreciate. When you buy a piece of jewellery you're not just buying a precious metal, or expensive stones. It's a work of art that been thought out. I mean art is not priced by the cost of the piece of paper its printed on ! Anyway, I am loving her pieces, her blog is cool too, as a person who is more of a thinker than a talker I can identify with her blog which is full of pictures, Why do we need words when if a picture paints a thousand words?

So here she is all polished up, I like her...I like her alot.

Go fly a kite...A Red Kite

I thought you would all like to see my latest commission, Its a Red Kite skull ! Such amazing birds, I hope I do it justice.

London Fashion week !

Don't forget London fashion week is not just about textiles, Oh no, we mustn't forget those jewellery designers. I was told the ones to watch out for are... of course Alex Munroe who kate moss, Amy Whinehouse and Sienna Miller favour, Elenor Ford and Amy Anderson. This is the bumblebee necklace that sienna has.

http://www.alexmonroe.com/

Elenor Ford is inspired by decorative arts of world cultures, celebrating the skill and time tested beauty of craft. Her jewellery shows her keen interest in traditional craft techniques with a contemporary twist to create stunning and desirable jewellery that is innovative and modern but has a timeless appeal: http://www.eleanorford.com/

My favourite has to be Amy Anderson though with her quirky designs she started out as a fine artist and decided to have a market stall at portabello market, to fund her art practice, this then developed, as her stall and work became more popular.

http://www.comfortstation.co.uk/

Jessica Joslin

Although I love jewellery I see alot of jewellery as mini, wearable, sculptures so when I came across these beauties by Jessica Joslin I just had to blog her sculptures. Jessica started by collecting dead flies on her windowsill and looking at them under a microscope, gradually her collection grew and grew and progressed to collecting skulls, dead birds and other creatures. She puts her sculptures together with lots of shiny pieces of brass and found objects, to create something truely special. Take a look :http://www.jessicajoslin.com/jessica/index.html

Wendy Brandes

Aren't these just beautiful ! Onyx skull ring by Wendy Brandes made with 18K gold, onyx, tsavorites and diamonds. Absolutely stunning. These are one of a kind. Wendy creates pieces that are bold and eye-catching, yet feminine and organic. Mechanical pieces that open and close, unscrew or twist are her specialties. Go check her work out at www.wendybrandes.com

The silver tree

I've just had my eagles heads cast in silver, so exciting. So now I'm busy filling them up...ok too busy to blog, be back soon !

Thoughts and dreams

So now I have the new wax eagles from the mould I've been playing around a little, trying to figure out how they would look best. Would they be best cut down and put on a ring or are they better being more prominant? If they were necklaces where would they hang? Shall I set stones in them? Would they look best in silver, in gold ...or silver with gold beaks? The possiblities are endless. I've been thinking about adding to them. I've made feathers before which I could put with them. I would try and explain but I guess it's better to show you on my next blog. I keep having these great ideas just before I sleep, just as I'm drifting off and I'm at a half dreaming stage. I have to quickly wake myself up and write them down before they're gone and forgotten.

Moulds are ready...yipee

Hey my eagle mould is ready, now I can make millions more !

Gisele Ganne

I've just come across some truely beautiful jewellery Gisele Ganne's divorce jewellery.

photo from http://www.kabiri.co.uk/

Skulls....

Rams head, thinking of it being a necklace or maybe a ring minus the horns. Maybe do some other animal skulls. Anyway better get back to the wax room.

The eagle's landed