Rainy day market

So it's a lovely drizzly day at this months Young designers market, South bank, Brisbane. With one month to go before I print out the next catalogue, I'm starting to finalise some new ranges and I find colour is popping up everywhere in the form of different cut or beaded stones. The orchid range also has a new exiting addition of stem earring, they look as though the flower has been picked and placed in the ear.......with a long accentuated hook becoming a feature.

Here is a sneak peak of what to find for the upcoming year.

Here are some photos from the market.

Wisteria: new home, new photographic backgrounds to explor.

So with the new house my old standard "go to's" for photographing my jewellery in a setting  have changed.

That’s never a bad thing. New means new exploration and now I get to look at what could work, what I’ve done in the past and what would work in my jewellery.

These moss covered rocks were my first attempt.

Wisteria hook earrings
Silver, green fresh water pearls

                                                 

Wisteria hook earrings
Silver, green fresh water pearls

I like them but as always it’s a fine line with the colouring of the jewellery and the background, as well as the business of the background. Organic forms on organic filled background can sometimes be to much to look at and focus in on as the viewer and that’s why I always photograph my work on a white background.

Let me know what you think!

The first winter snow....... Flower

Still don't know the name of this plant but it's simply stunning in full bloom. With no snow in Brisbane it's my substitute for winter snow.

Wisteria Hysteria

Finally I’ve got a chance to sit down and edit some photo's and at the top of the list was my Wisteria ring. If ever there was a "shy wall flower" in the form of a ring it would be this one, 3 photo shoots later and I’m now happy with the images.

 I started making this Wisteria ring probable late last year and only finished it about a month ago. It just kept asking to be put on the shelf, small features needed more time to be thought about and tested. I always need to be 100% happy my work or it effects everything else I do and sometimes that’s just how my creativity works……. Slowly.

Wisteria ring
Silver, patinated with peacock blue fresh water pearls

Wisteria ring
Silver, patinated with peacock blue fresh water pearls

Wisteria ring
Silver, patinated with peacock blue fresh water pearls

Wisteria ring
Silver, patinated with peacock blue fresh water pearls

I hope this rings shy start leads to a bold responce.....enjoy!

Mixed flowers

I must apologise for being absent from my blog, after a month of computer mishaps, children's ailments and the flue knocking me out for a bit .......i am back .....my child is back to his mischievous self, and my husband and i have finally replaced our old computer. Now it will be a lot easier for me to blog when I'm not confined to 30min at a time to do all my work before it dies.

The month of February, or month of love for some, has lead me to a new love, well an old love rekindled. I had the opportunity to design and create a set of jewellery with cut stones in,.... blue and purple where the preference.So i used Amethyst and London blue topaz, stunning colours with the silver. Jumping at the opportunity, I used this moment to make up some ideas that i have been playing around with. There was a time frame added to the mix...... so using, as always, the pressure of a deadline to push past procrastination masked as perfectionism or uncertainty i create a beautiful set of jewellery, a bangle and matching earrings.

The result......

From this i have now create a new range called Mixed flowers: with earrings, bangles and rings, to start. I will be keeping with shades of blue and purple, but i can already see my head spinning into different ideas.

The first batch are to go down to The Goldsmiths Gallery, soon.

As for all those other fans waiting with bated breath for more stone pieces they are on the way.

Trillion vine flower range

A sneak peak at some new pieces to look over at this weeks Young Designers Market.

I've called these Trillion vine flowers but that's for want of a better name. So for the month of Feb i will run a little competition on my Facebook page: Like my page and name this range by giving a flower example and you can win a pair of "Trillion hook earrings"
At the end of February i will announce the winner.

For more info go to my Facebook page......good luck!

Sooooo exiting!

Trillion vine flower range, sketch

Trillion vine flower hook earrings
Silver, smoky quartz

Trillion vine flower hoop earrings
Silver, smoky quartz

Trillion vine flower hoop earrings
Silver, smoky quartz

Trillion vine flower ring
Silver, smoky quartz

Trillion vine flower ring
Silver, smoky quartz

Trillion vine flower ring on hand
Silver, smoky quartz

Back to work, a good start to 2012

Happy New Year everyone!
After taking a week of to spend with my Husband and Son, and having Mitchels First birthday its good to get back to my blog, my bench and my designs, ........only a short break.

So this week, its back to making stock for my next Young Designers market this Sunday (8/1/2012), finishing orders and refresh stock in my shops. First shop on the list is Handmade Highstreet, who had a bumper first month open. Well done!
Its so exiting to see people loving my work.

work in progress 2012
in full production!

There some exiting events coming up this year and a few new shops to look out for stocking my jewellery, but i will unveil the events as they happen so keep posted.

 For now its back to making.