Treasure...necklaces

Complete form Necklace

Sterling silver and 24ct gold with bleached finish.

Finally, images of my treasure range. Woohoo! It has only taken me a few years, hopefully they have been worth the wait.

In this work I am bringing two very basic elements together. Put a hole in an object, thread it and it becomes a bead, decorative, portable, beautiful no matter the material, and cuttlefish casting. The simplest of casting, one of the most immediate and organic mediums a jeweller could use.

Pieces that are designed to keep evolving with their wearer.

Three twist necklace

Sterling silver and 18ct gold with bleached finish.

Various Treasure necklaces with bleached finish

Various Treasure necklaces with oxidised finish

Lend me your ear.....

Quick, quick this fun show is coming down on the 1st of April.........(i'm on time with this announcement woo!). Don't be deceived by the size of the display cabinet as this show has been huge with 38 maker exploring lending ears!?

I don't know if i had more fun thinking of and making the postcard or the earring either way I totally enjoyed creating with Part B.

Dear Jessica,

When hearing about this opportunity to lend an ear(s) I knew you would have a stream of hot contenders and i would just like to say thank you so much for choosing my lobes. I feel very privileged to be the one to exhibit such amazing artworks. My ensemble is now complete.

Love hearts,

King Otumfuo Opoku-Ware II

Figment...(whoops 2010)

Hmmm, so I have some catching up to do.... anyhow....

Figment was an exhibition developed and launched by e.g.etal about this time last year. E.g.etal transformed into a city of bright lights and shadows. They pushed the normal displaying traditions and displayed the artworks on projectors which beamed beautiful silhouettes onto the gallery walls. Interesting and hot (in temperature not in a Paris Hilton way)!

Above are the silhouettes of my drawings and pieces (but not the two silhouettes furthest to the right). It felt a little revealing to see your sketches not only on display but huge and on the wall. Although i must say i did cringe when i saw my drawings so there naked on the wall to share with everyone, i did like the connection of the projected images and my concept for the body of work, 'Day Dreaming'. Yes very dreamy.

Although i haven't included any clear images of the work stay tuned as i am continuing to develop this body of work so i will save them up for another time not so far from now.

Did the clock stop?

It seems my clock stopped in May last year, my last entry was made in May and the disc with these images has been sat waiting since last may to be collected. Well...i guess i have new batteries, consider the clock wound and ticking once more. Field tripping in 2009, Fine Silver, Sterling Silver and Glass Enamel. Earrings and Ring

Field tripping in 2009, Fine Silver, Sterling Silver and Glass Enamel. EarringsField tripping in 2009, Fine Silver, Sterling Silver and Glass Enamel. Necklace and Earrings.

You can see these pieces in the flesh at e.g.etal , sorry it took me so long. 2010 will be far more interesting.

The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers

It's Huge!!!!!!!!!! Well done Andy Lim (the man behind this awesome publication) this was a mammoth job and it works beautifully!!!! The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers, is as you can see a two volume look at contemporary jewellers (1044) and their jewels from all over the world... and its spectacular. In fact i haven't made my way through it yet! I keep getting lost in thought, picking it up (which you have to limber up to do as it weighs 13.5 kilograms) and putting it down....it has so much to look at. I happily suffer from gold and silversmithing over load. So many clever individuals in the world!
(this is my page one....wooooooohooooooo!)

How this came about.........the short story. Andy wanted to make a book about jewellery. See i told you it was going to be concise, and contacted all the jewellers he knew and invited them to be involved in this book. He then asked them to nominate three other jewellers to be involved, then their nominations were to nominate two more jeweller each and then... they were to nominate one lucky last jeweller (short yes, but i feel have made it sound complicated). The jewellers that chose to accept this mission had to design two pages of whatever their hearts desired and then send it back to Andy to put together..............and then a year later this is what we received in the post!
A snippet of why we were nominated. The lovely Kathryn Wardill nominated me and I nominated the talented and spunky Coconut Lu. Sorry it is so small...(and fuzzy).

treasure

'Treasure' here are three pieces from my production range exploring strands of beads. I am fascinated with how many cultures have their own verisons and uses for beads.

Beast

'Teeth', 2008. Fine Silver, 22ct Gold Leaf and Glass Enamel.
'Peacock' box, 2008. Fine Silver, 22ct Gold Leaf and Glass Enamel.
'Tiger' box, 2008. Fine Silver, 22ct Gold Leaf, Brass and Glass Enamel.

If you scroll further through this blog you will find two excellent essays written by Anna Davern and Pene Durston. They responded to 'Beast', the exhibition i had earlier this year. I have only included these images and this event again as i have just done a Jessica Morrison history purge. And it just would not have been complete without re-sighting the beasts as they were the last major event. Since having this blog i have been meaning to record my journey and well today it is done (only 7 months late).