31.07.2011
bride's jewellery
23.01.2011
freshwater pearls
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17.01.2011
copper and freshwater pearls
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16.12.2010
copper ring 'endless'
copper ring, folded and 'ENDLESS' stamped in, a little heart cut out. silver ring fixed, brass ring movable
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15.12.2010
copper brooches
copper shiny or coloured, layered with leather or copper, all motifs cut out with a saw, needle in brass
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Klustre - exhibition of Nelson Jewellers, NZ 10/2010
my work was based on shapes and surfaces of some treasures of the sea like seaweed or sea urchins; the movement of the water and how it shapes the sand.
I used mainly copper and brass.
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my first pieces of jewellery produced during my 6 month work experience with Pete Elsbury, Jeweller in Nelson, NZ
macrame
necklaces and bracelets with macrame technique, waxed nylon thread or silver wire, with textured and folded silver disks
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multiples
silver wire rolled or hammered, blackened and polished, linked in macrame necklace or strung on silver chain.....................................................................................................................................................................
loops
necklace with leaf pendant, bracelet with textured and hammered disk element, ring ring
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kina
hammered silver disks inspired by the surface of sea urchin bodies, blackened and sanded.
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lost wax casting
pendant in sterling silver
Koru (Maori) - New Beginnings - Groth - Harmony
casting from organic model
pendants and earrings in sterling silver and brass
Rams Horn Shell - organ of a squid, found at a beach in New Zealand
