Enamel earrings
Here’s some result from my efforts at enamelling; a few pairs of earrings. At a showday I had recently it was these earrings that received the most attention of all my jewellery but interestingly, every person that ordered them wanted them in silver…I’m not too sure what to think of that?

Paper embossing
I was shown how to emboss the other day and I am so pleased with the result. I have a bunch of ideas to use it for jewellery tags and logos… Posted in Methodology Tagged: Design&work process, Paper embossing, Pattern, wallpaper, Wax impressions

Enamel motifs
A while back I wanted to try out using enamel to encorperate colour in my jewellery but didnt take the idea much furthe. Well now I am finally doing it and really enjoying the result. I think it has a very effective soft, lace-like look that works well with the wallpaper motifs I use. Here’s a test piece… Posted in CHAPTER 4: MY JEWELLERY, Methodolo

Method in my madness
In an effort to identify the method with which I work, I printed out all my blog posts labelled ‘design & work process’. In laying them out in order I saw a pattern starting to form which looked something like this: I often have an idea that I want to explore and end up making a couple of prototypes or test pieces. These are made with no intention of becoming a final piece of jewellery, but rat

Red Eye
Well, what an enjoyable evening! The Red Eye event in Durban was a great night of art, dance, music, fashion and performance. Congratulations to everyone involved, and to the models who did such a great job displaying our jewellery. Im looking forward to the next one! Here are some shots of my piece on the night…