Firebird

Sterling silver, 18ct rose gold, solid white opal.

Enchanted forest box.

Some of my 18ct gold rings set with sapphires, diamonds and ruby.

How the diamond led me to the pea...

Many years ago I got a job in a small jewellery shop. I had just finished my gold and silversmithing degree. I was fresh out of art school and eager to get some industry experience.The shop specialized in gold and diamond jewellery, it was very conservative and very mainstream. I was way out of my comfort zone.They asked me not to wear my birkenstocks to work and to try and dress more corporately.
 I spent most of my time at that job writing tags for jewellery, cleaning the glass and cleaning jewellery. One day I came across the Certificates of Guarantee for diamonds. There were seals and signatures and the guarantee that all stones are checked by polariscope, refractometer, ultra-violet, spectroscope and microscope. I thought this was hilarious, a whole lot of pomp and ceremony over a diamond (remember I really was fresh out of art school where we were encouraged to make outside the jewellery box) I started thinking what if the diamond were replaced by something else; like a pea. Like the pea from the story the princess and the pea. And the pea became world famous, like the diamond...So that became my exhibitions Treasure trove of the Princess Mirabelle... and She really couldn't sleep a wink... 
Of course I do now understand that diamonds are serious business.

 Pea necklace- 925, 18ct yellow and rose gold, chrysoprase beads

 Pea ring- 925, 18ct yellow gold, emeralds, diamond.

Twig wedder.

18ct white gold, diamond.

The Golden Bough ring.

18ct yellow gold.

Black-eyed Susan ring.

A ring named after a flower

 18ct gold, black diamond.

same ring, different view.

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.

Twig and leaf ring.

Two views of this 18ct gold and diamond ring. A wedding ring sits very nicely against it.

Swan, heart, ring.

Swan brooch- Sterling silver, fine silver, shell, felt.
Heart necklace- Sterling silver, fine silver, 18ct gold, pearls, feather, felt, thread.
Pea ring- Sterling silver, 18ct gold.

The Jewel in the Lotus and Radiance

    

  Two more rings. 18ct yellow gold, pink sapphire and diamond.

Enchanted Forest Ring

             I've added this ring to my collection at  egetal
             I8ct yellow gold, 0.75ct Ceylon sapphire

A good stick is hard to find

                                           one of  my collections

                   stick ring, 925 with 18ct yg setting, Aust. sapphires
 

                                           ruby twig ring, 9ct yg, ruby