Ship Ahoy

I'm still going through my back catalogue of photographs and finding pieces that I'd forgotten about. This piece was inspired by scrimshaw and was part of my 2005 exhibition Treasure Trove of the Princess Mirabelle( small yellow plum) I'm working on another ship engraving at the moment so I'm revisiting my previous pieces.

 Fine silver, sterling silver, black jade beads with pyrite, 2005.

Detail.

Twig wedder.

18ct white gold, diamond.

The Golden Bough ring.

18ct yellow gold.

Horses, horses, horses.

I was a horse mad young girl. I did literally spend hours drawing  pictures of horses. I can still draw a fairly decent picture of a horse. 

The ruby saddle- sterling silver, ruby.

Horse pendants- Powder coated mild steel.

Horsehead cufflinks- Sterling silver,18ct gold.

Black-eyed Susan ring.

A ring named after a flower

 18ct gold, black diamond.

same ring, different view.

Silver sticks, birdcages and flowers carved from shell.

 Brooch- Sterling silver, shell.

 Brooch- Sterling silver, shell.

 Earrings- Sterling silver, shell.

Necklace- Sterling silver..

On the wall and on the table.

 Madame Butterfly and the beautiful city of Florence.

 Birdcage necklace- Sterling silver.

My bookcase and my bench.

Two of my favourite places. 

 On my bookcase, Marie Antoinette and horse.

On my bench, sticks and pearls.

Keys and Pagoda earrings.

My key collection.

Sterling silver.

Diamond bird.

 925, 999, diamonds.

Sea twine ring and a ship.

 A brass ship, that I bought at the market, on my bookcase.

 Sea twine ring-18ct gold, Australian sapphire, diamond.

side view.