silver heart bracelet
I use a small twisted link to form some of my bracelets and necklaces. These ones have a silver heart or leaf shape attached at intervals which hang well on the links. They are punched for texture. I find my flowering garden and allotment a source of ideas though I rarely use the things I see in their true form.
I also make a matching earring.
silver and copper earring
These are a variation on an earring I constructed several years ago at college. I pattern the copper using old pieces of lace then punch out the circles and dome them slightly and solder onto the silver domed circles. So far I have made earrings and a pendant necklace to match. I think these remind me of the dark heart of some Rudbeckia flowers.
planet earrings
These new earrings were inspired by Chris Ofili’s exhibition at Tate Britain – instead of dung I’ve used silver balls! I felt with the lines going across it looked like the rings going round a planet so that is how the name planet earrings came about.