another work in progress, again more of a prototype than a finished piece. it still requires a little bit of cleaning up, i'm still learning how to use my micromotor, and experimenting with what the different burrs are capable of.
there has also been numerous attempts to fill the holes with resin and enamel, but it keeps bubbling really badly. apparently i need to stop using acrylic enamel and start getting into the stinky toxic stuff, and a vibrating plate supposedly helps remove the air-bubbles. i have decided i need to learn pique-a-jour. plus i need a small kiln for enameling.

a much anticipated debut...

hooray! i finally i had the sense to plead with the family to aid me in my quest for a new camera so i can photograph a few of my recent jewellery pieces, and santa came through with my wishes.
and i've been slightly delayed in posting for the last 6 weeks due to moving back to brisbane, and i've only just had the decency to dig all my stuff out of boxes.
so here is the first ever photograph of one of my rings, this one is not quite yet finished, still a wee bit of clean up work to do, and it's more a prototype than a finished piece. i plan to fill some of the holes with either brightly coloured resin or enamel, but so far have struggled to get rid of all the bloody bubbles in the resin! apparently i need a vibrating plate of some description,
lost-wax casting in 925 silver.

back after a short delay...

i've been a little slack in my postings of late, but i had an excuse, i travelled back home to brisbane for a week to hang out with the family.
it's inspiration time again, and here's a little broach entitled "untitled" from 2006, made of bog oak and silver by dutch jeweller francis willemstijn.
looking at her website, a lot of the work's of this series appear reminiscent of another great dutch artist, de stijl co-founder piet mondrian.
i attempted to build my own little piece of jewellery inspired by this work, but i have yet to work out a method for attaching timber to silver other than by cheating and using glue. be patient while i work on my crafting skills!
check out more of her stuff at http://www.willemstijn.com/

fabrizio tridenti

let me introduce you to the work of italian jeweller fabrizio tridenti, whose work consists of haphazard assemblages of found
object and handcrafted metal. i've always seemed to lean more towards more geometric and symmetrical works, but there's something about these that really appeal to me. i particularly like some of the varied surface treatments he uses - the way they are scratched, oxidised and enamelled, which help to emphasize the multifaceted nature of his work.
http://www.fabriziotridenti.it/home.html and http://www.klimt02.net/jewellers/index.php?item_id=8307