Lathed, multi-colour titanium drop earrings on sterling shepherd's hooks. Currently available in blue and bronze titanium with a drop length of 2.5 centimetres. Each disc is 15 mm in diameter, light and delicately floating.
Large opal with dancing multi-hued lights, surrounded by a ring of diamonds set in 18k gold is supported by a thick sterling silver band that is deeply patterned by the artist's signature hand-stamping technique.
Playful and bright stud earrings, created from painted bovine bone in orange and ruby. The earrings are backed with sterling silver and have sterling silver posts.
Playful and bright stud earrings, created from painted bovine bone in grass and rose quartz. The earrings are backed with sterling silver and have sterling silver posts.
Cage earrings - sterling silver drop earrings made with anticlastic forming and depletion gilding techniques.
Anticlastic forming is a traditional silversmithing technique where sheet metal is formed by compressing the middle section and stretching out the edges, creating two curves in opposing directions.
Depletion gilding is a finishing technique that makes silver turn snow white in colour accomplished through several heat cycles which cause the fine silver content to rise to the surface and turn white.
Small green glitter flower earrings with a braided leather hoop, embellished with a pink cubic zirconia stone. Made from sterling silver, copper, resin and glitter with a sterling post.
Measures approx. 72 mm in length with a 54 mm hoop diameter
Long glitter flower studs in teal and pink embellished with four purple cubic zirconia stones. Made from sterling silver, copper, resin and glitter with a sterling post.
Glitter flower dangle gradient earrings in dark blue and light blue embellished with a red cubic zirconia stone. Made from sterling silver, copper, resin, and glitter with a sterling Shepard hook.
Long and delicate cowl in a childlike animals and letters design, created with hand-dyed silk and merino wool with recycled materials. Very soft to wear.
Petal Ring. Modestly named, this lively, elegant and playful ring has gently moving petals on its firm double-into-triple wrap band. In sterling silver, oxide, recycled (consumer electronics) 24 karat gold, 3.5x3x3.5 cm, 2021. Size: 8
Pearl Ring. Delicate and fine as it is, this pinkish-grey pearl ring is firmly constructed, and feels it. Sterling silver, freshwater pearl, 3x1.2x2 cm, size: 7,
Petal Black & White Double Drop Earrings. With a lovely shift in the balance of the black and white flowers. Sterling silver, oxide, recycled consumer electronics 24 karat gold, 6.5 x 1 x 1 cm,
A trio of magnificent stud earrings in sterling silver offering a veritable bouquet of admirable metalsmithing techniques by this Governor General/Saidye Bronfman laureate who taught generations of successful students at NSCAD (Nova Scotia) University.
The pair of green zircon stone earrings (single earring shown at right) is 28 mm wide x 50.5 mm high x 5 mm deep.
mother of pearl, vintage cutlery handles, sterling silver, acrylic, steel hand pierced and hand fabricated. 13 x 1.5 cm, 2021.
This brooch is a flexible chainmaille structure of hand carved mother of pearl and vintage cutlery handles. I was initially compelled by the visual qualities of mother of pearl; the smooth, lustrous nacre being evocative of the Art Deco period as a signifier of technical innovation. Within its own structure, the mollusc nacre is an index of the tides, the waved patterning contributing to its remarkable protective strength. Even now, the mollusk produced nacre is being studied by chemists in effort to develop lightweight aeronautic materials and armour.
In the 1930’s and 40’s mother of pearl and other natural materials were simulated with bakelite, phenolic resins and other synthetics to create costume jewellery and popular functional items. I am fascinated by how these simulations have found their own value throughout the history of adornment by extending further into the general populations (sometimes covertly). The vintage cutlery handles allowed me to explore the subtleties of the two different materials. Optically similar, the mother of pearl is dense and compact, whereas the synthetic is almost stretchy, and endlessly durable. Together they are linked into a strong, collapsible network and brought to symmetry by the brooch mechanism. Armour for armour.
Recent arrivals of jewelry and artwork in the gallery to enliven your day as you marvel at the imagination, skill, and dedication of these emerging-to-established artists.
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