Early work - Archive

Solid sterling silver bars with enlarged hallmarks as decorative feature.  Sterling silver posts with butterfly backs.

Made for a good friend who prefers minimalist jewellery. 

Sterling silver dragonfly earrings with sterling silver lilypad studs.

Can be worn with or without dragonflies.  

Dragonfly can also be attached on the back of the ear lobe for different weight distribution and look.   

Simple solid sterling silver dragonfly earrings with hook through the ear. 

A simple line of three lapis lazuli stones on a silver wire.  These have proven popular with friends and I've made several.

I made this solid silver ring for my husband.  It was carved in wax with Nordic runes and then cast in solid silver.  The rune indentations were then oxidised for contrast.

Traditional solid sterling silver ring with lapis lazuli stone in bezel setting.  Made for my Mum.

These were difficult to make as the lava stone (collected by me on Fogo island in Cape Verde) is very fragile.  

Shortly after taking these photos, one of the earrings fell on the floor and the stone smashed!  Redesign under consideration for the future... 

Experiments in depletion guilding resulting in melted look amplified with hammer finish.  Solid sterling silver stud earrings looking a little like raw nuggets.

A penannular brooch is used to hold together pieces of fabric and was used in ancient Celtic jewellery prior to the Roman period.  It is made of a ring and a pin which crosses the ring. 

Not the world's clearest photo but this is a sandwich of silver and copper with a mobius surface (single side as the top part is flipped). Not hallmarked due to the copper layer.

This solid sterling silver hairclip was the first piece of jewellery I ever made.  It has copper, gilding metal and silver highlights as decoration.

Used 5 pieces of self-collected beach sea glass in fine silver bezels with hammered sterling silver connectors and Reuleaux clasp

Clasp is double safe as pin can only enter clasp at one point, then slides along groove until end point where it is turned 90 deg into a fixed position.  Shown above in open position.

Simple vibrant blue sea glass pendant in fine silver bezel on silk cord. (Better photo to be loaded later.)

Solid sterling silver earrings with blu-ish seaglass. Can be worn with or without the silver hoops.

Studs are hammered finish.

Solid sterling silver earrings with green seaglass. 

Sophisticated solid sterling silver earrings with white or bluish seaglass. Can be worn with or without the silver hoops.  Studs are hammered finish.

Solid sterling silver earrings with white seaglass. Can be worn with or without the silver hoops.

Studs are hammered finish.

First attempt to drill seaglass (slowly underwater).  Simple seaglass earrings sort of looking like sailboats.

A set of mismatched cufflinks for a friend who is a photographer with other interests.  The base is in copper and the design is made with thin pieces of silver and brass with swarovski crystal highlights.

A pair of cufflinks in memory of my father as a gift for my brother.  These are made using silver with copper washers found in my father's apartment when he passed away.

A set of mismatched cufflinks for a friend who is a cinema executive. 

Details made with thin pieces of brass and silver.

Badgers are of particular concern to a family member in the UK who is trying to grow grapes!

As a fun reminder, here is a pair of badger footprint cufflinks with enamelled elements.

Fun set of cufflinks for family made with old UK one pound coins no longer in circulation.

Set of coin cufflinks made with 3 pence pieces which are no longer in circulation.

A steampunk style of cufflinks using old watch mechanisms.

The turning mechanism still works for a fun fidget element.

A fun set of silver cufflinks in steampunk style with random watch parts and other elements as design.

Details of the steampunk cufflinks

Collection of handmade fine and sterling silver earrings with transparent enamel, 10 different colours with 2 different sizes.  

The red enamel tends to react with the silver so I use a special hot fired underlayer called flux (or fondant) which then means I use fine silver with enamel solder for the earring backs.  Cooler melting temperatures allow the use of sterling silver.

pair of handmade fine silver earrings with dark Bordeaux enamel

pairs of handmade fine silver earrings with transparent enamel in green, blue, turquoise and burgundy red, in preparation

handmade enamelled copper apple with sterling silver ends

A pair of silver earrings with blue enamel and a matching pendant.  Made for a friend's 50th birthday !

Enamelled copper pendant made for my mother.  Photos of each side of the same pendant.

Enamelled copper pendant made for my mother with silver bail. Photos are each side of the same pendant.

First stab at actual cloisonne for a gift for a female beekeeper.  Transparent blue on silver with bee in opaque enamel.

An enameled copper brooch with copper cloisonné made to match a kaftan.  Matching earrings in sterling silver with fine silver cloisonné.

enamelled copper brooch and matching silver earrings shown with kaftan

Enamelled copper flag with silver cloisonné, and rhodium plated copper figures

Fun set of opaque enamel earrings made for a sailor.  These match the IALA system A (everything outside of NA) lateral marks for port and starboard hand navigation symbols .

Fun set of opaque enamel copper earrings made for a sailing trip.  These match the IALA system A (everything outside of NA) lateral marks for port and starboard hand navigation symbols .

Fun set of opaque enamel earrings made for a sailing trip.  These mimic the East and West cardinal buoys in the IALA system.

This bracelet cuff is made from a coil of copper from the inside of our old solar panel inverter and is enhanced by a simple black beach pebble.  It was made for a friend to remember a special beach near Vancouver in British Colombia. 

A matching set of bracelet cuffs from recycled copper for myself and a friend to remember an amazing trip to Lake O'Hara in the Yoho National park in British Colombia.

The cuffs also have a hidden pattern on the back of the bezel which is the shape of the Yoho mountains.

The irregular stones were cut and shaped by Andrew.

Experimental copper cuff with small cast silver polar bear and sea glass as ice floe.

Simple earrings made from a mechanic's abandoned stash of copper washers.

These reproduction butterscotch egg yolk amber beads were from my Grandmother's necklace.  

Remade into earrings for family.

Chairlifts made from copper or brass and then rhodium plated.  Ear hook in sterling silver.  Holders made from steel and old skis.

Old ski passes cut around fun shapes for ski enthusiasts!  Can't take everything too seriously ...

Brought these to the ski club recently where there was lots of interest!

Used my own recycled silver scraps for the first circle and old French franc coins with current US dimes to celebrate achieving French citizenship by a US citizen.

Napkin rings made in country kitchen style from copper, brass and silver. A gift for a friend. 

Michelle made a chess set for her brother who is a great chess player.  Key was to make identifiable and identical pieces for each team but also define which team they are on.

It is made from old abandoned plumbing and clock parts.  Team A is highly polished and team B is not polished and has patinated blue elements.

There are endless opportunities for turning old hardware into art.