Enchanted forest box.

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

As seen in British Vogue!

These earrings are available from my shop  and are in the August edition of British Vogue. 

Hello Brits! I am really excited to be in Vogue

Don't forget to get free shipping type in iamapreciousjewel where indicated at checkout. 

The Aviary is for sale!

My aviary is for sale. I now have an online shop and will be selling some of my signature pieces at 10-20% below the retail value. I am also offering free shipping. To get free shipping you must type in the affirmation iamapreciousjewel where indicated at checkout. I'll hopefully be adding more pieces very soon.

Winter in Bavaria

Frail living leaves...

                                  O love, O pure deep love, be here, be now
                                  Be all; worlds dissolve into your stainless endless radiance,
                                  Frail living leaves burn with you brighter than cold stars:
                                  Make me your servant, your breath, your core.
                                    Rumi

      Studs-  925, 18ct gold, citrine.

Winter violets and gemstones.

 The first violets of Winter from my garden. I love these delicate flowers, they have a divine scent and colour. (that is a paint by numbers picture in the background that I did when I was a little kid)

Green sapphire, iolite and purple sapphire, from my stone collection. I'll make something with them one day...

Pearl Cage Earrings

Sterling silver, fine silver, 18ct gold, pink pearl.

The Feathered Perch.

A new pair of earrings. Available at egetal. Now I have to get back to pinterest. 

Sterling silver, fine silver. 35 x 24 mm

The Rabbit's foot.

 Unlucky Rabbit- drawing.

Lace teacup- lace, silk thread and Rabbit's Foot necklace- fine silver, sterling silver, pyrite beads.

Two new bangles

I have been spending so much time on the internet lately and not as much time at my bench as I would like. I have managed to make these two bangles. I am now on the great time sponge pinterest (which is fascinating, but literally can suck up hours of time). 

 Woodland bangle- Sterling silver

Coral Antler bangle- Sterling silver

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.

My pitch bowl and my hammers

The hammer on the far right is my absolute favourite. It has a lovely weight and springy action. But oh unhappy day it broke and is repaired with masking tape, as I've been unable to find a replacement handle.

The abandoned palace.

Sailing 'round the atoll.

A new piece, just completed.

 When I saw this piece of chrysocolla I thought it so evocative of  sea voyages and exotic destinations... 

                               925, 999, chrysocolla, shell beads.

More Earrings

Earrings- 925, citrine, onyx.

ANZAC DAY

                   Brooch- 925, fabric, plastic, coral, stainless steel.


Everyone Sang
Everyone suddenly burst out singing;
And I was filled with such delight
As prisoned birds must find in freedom
Winging wildly across the white
Orchards and dark green fields; on; on; and out of sight.

Everyone's voice was suddenly lifted,
And beauty came like the setting sun.
My heart was shaken with tears, and horror
Drifted away... O but every one
Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never
be done. 

Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

15 years of egetal!

Egetal have been lighting up the jewellery world for fifteen years! I've made this special piece to add to the celebration. Happy Anniversary eg!*!* This is a sterling silver bangle with the inscription, 

 Fifteen horses galloping, galloping, galloping... through the night...Fifteen million stars light the way.  

GOLD, GOLD, GOLD

I just love GOLD!

 Starburst earrings- 18ct GOLD, white diamonds.

 Twig bundle earrings- 18ct GOLD.

Heart earrings- 18ct GOLD, black diamonds

Jaunty feather Earrings.

Sterling silver, fine silver, snowflake obsidian.

Eye of the tiger.

Earrings- Sterling silver, fine silver, 18ct gold, black star sapphire, tiger eye.

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.