All that glitters...

As i've been rapidly expanding my precious collection, i thought i'd do a recap post taking a stroll through some of my designs to date. 

I work predominantly in 18ct yellow or white gold, though i am open to discussing other precious metals. I also mainly work with sapphires and diamonds as they offer both a vast array of colours, from dusty pinks, greens, mauve, blues, yellows, champagnes, brilliant whites etc, as well as giving you the hardness and longevity to sparkle away for an eternity and beyond.

I design both women's and men's pieces and am always open to chatting about custom designs.

If you have a special occasion you'd like to mark with something golden and/or sparkling, drop me an email for a little chat on what i can design for you.

A little bit of twinkle.

A new little twinkling treasure just delivered to Pieces of Eight Gallery.
This 18ct yellow gold ring houses a spray of champagne and white diamonds sprouting amongst a subtly botanical setting.

Black Gold.

A new addition to my collection of precious rings.

Black Gold in an oxidised 18ct yellow gold band is unisex and can be made in any width or thickness.

The oxidising process turns the golden lustre of the band to a dark smokey black. However, over time and with wear, the gold starts to shine it's way back through, a slow subtle reveal. The band has a rough file mark texture which gives the golden surface a soft and subtle tone, earthy and subdued.

A special pair of wedders, for a very special pair.

Fresh off the bench, these 18ct white gold wedding bands are about to find their home on the fingers of a very lovely couple who shall remain nameless until after the wedding. But for now, i have the pleasure of sharing a little snapshot of the rings.

His is a plain 18ct white gold wedder with a rough textured finish, while hers in an 18ct white gold wedder, also with a rough finish and with a scattering of small coloured sapphires in various tonal shades of mauve and dusty green.

More pics to come...

Be-Jewelled.

More images to come...

Diamonds and sapphires and gold, OH MY!

My new collection of engagement and wedding rings marry the clean crisp lines of beautiful princess cut stones with organic soft settings.
Diamonds and sapphires are set into 18ct yellow and white gold, celebrating, not concealing the handmade techniques of stone setting.
Textured and raw, the gold acts as a soft and muted backdrop to the bewitching sparkle of the stones it contains. Hammer marks and scratches remain visible in the metal, giving life and story to each piece.
As though recovered from an archeological dig, these rings echo a sense of mystery and magic.

These rings are now available at e.g.etal. Custom commissions are available.

Image, (from bottom to top):

18ct yellow gold ring with 18 x diamonds
18ct yellow gold ring with solitaire princess cut Champagne diamond
18ct white gold ring with princess cut Parti sapphire & 20 x diamonds
18ct white gold ring with princess cut diamond and 2 x parti sapphires and 10 x diamonds on shoulder
18ct white gold ring with 18 x diamonds

Charmed.

This year will see Melbourne contemporary jewellery, e.g.etal, celebrate it's 15'th birthday.
To celebrate this milestone, e.g.etal has asked it's artist to create bespoke pieces that explore the number 15 in any which way they wish.

I contemplated the idea of time, of milestones, and thought about ways in which we mark special moments in our lives. We take photos, keep journals, throw parties, give gifts, get tattoos... all manner of things.

This idea of markers of time led me to reflect on the humble charm bracelet. They come and go with fashions, but somehow they seem to remain and hold their own as treasured reminders of places, people and events in our lives that we want to keep close.

With this though in mind, i set out to create my own version of the charm bracelet. I had no intention to break any new ground, it's a simple bracelet, it's practical, comfortable and understated. The charms are small and quiet, their forms are abstract yet familiar, free of prescribed ideas and notions of what should be celebrated. Each one is open to interpretation and meaning.

Hand made from silver (bright or oxidised), 18ct yellow gold, 9ct rose gold, bone and resin, each charm is a one off.

The e.g.etal charm bracelet has 15 one off charms and will be available once the 15 year celebrations kick off.

Individual bracelets can be ordered with specific charm requests, with room to always add more as time goes by.

Sine a little light.

Summer is heating up, the Christmas rush is upon us, and love is definitely in the air. 

Here are two recent engagement commission to share...

An 18ct yellow gold engagement ring with a champagne and white diamonds, and an 18ct white gold engagement ring with a scattering of white diamonds.

Wondergold

Three new 18ct yellow gold rings.

Left: Laurel Ring - available at E.g.etal

Right: (top) Ancient Coil Ring, (bottom) Ancient Tracks Ring - available at Pieces of Eight.

The One.

Its been a long time in the making, but i have two new very special sparkly rings about to make their way to Pieces of Eight gallery.

These two 18ct yellow gold rings with white and champagne diamonds are exclusively designed for Pieces of Eight and will be available to buy off the shelf or as a prompt to commission your very own bit of glittery goodness with room for your input and modification.

I have also been super busy recently working on quite a few private wedding band commissions which i've also pictured bellow.

So if you have a special "The One" that you'd like to commission a bit of gold and sparkle for, pop into Pieces of Eight (for the exclusive diamond rings pictured), or contact me for a private commission.

Note: Due to gallery/artist loyalty, i am unable to be commissioned privately for rings that are designed exclusively for galleries. If you wish to contact me directly, it would have to be for a new design that is not currently on show. Feel free to contact me via email if you have any queries regarding this.

Count The Ways, 18ct yellow gold ring with 7 white diamonds.

18ct yellow gold wedder.

 The One, 18ct yellow gold ring with 1 champagne diamond.

18ct yellow gold wedder.

Count The Ways, Gold Wedder & The One.

Wedders. 18ct yellow gold & 18ct white gold.

Sprouts, buds, prickles and shoots.

A new collection of little stack rings has sprouted, possibly inspired by the amount of time i've been spending watching my little seedlings growing on the kitchen window sill...

These have only just been delivered to Pieces of Eight Gallery. They can be ordered in any number, from a single little treasure to a whole stack. Each one is individually sculpted in wax, then cast, so no two rings are ever exactly the same.

Heart to heart.

Oohh... as 2012 has slowly dawned on me, i've taken a moment to look through my shiny new diary and have realised, it's only a few weeks till a certain little day that makes lovers coo, and keeps jewellers busy - Valentines Day!

If V day happens to be on your radar this year, then take note that along side my art projects and quirky pieces, i also create special, sparkly and sentimental treasures.

here are a couple of pics of some special pieces commissioned over the last little while...

Has a ring to it.

Seems to be ring season at the moment.

Here's two commissions i took on recently.

A very exciting couple of 18ct Yellow Gold wedders for two very special peeps, congrats you two!

And,

a spontaneous requests for a little double serpent ring in oxidised sterling silver with a stunning Tsavorite Garnet plonked in the middle.

Fun times.

Engagement commission.

Another wonderful engagement commission came my way recently. After some discussion about colour, scale, design and stones, this was the sunny result. A 9ct yellow gold ring set with a yellow sapphire. Such a lovely warm ring, it's seems only fitting that it will find it's new home in Spain. Good luck!

Rings

Some more rings. Seems to be the flavour of the month/s.

Top image is of a small batch dropped off to Craft Victoria using sapphires and oxidised sterling silver. The bottom image is a couple of commissioned wedders, with the small being in 18ct white gold, the larger in 9ct white gold.

Liana rings.

Liana rings in oxidised sterling silver and 18ct yellow gold. Available at e.g.etal.

Liana is a woody vine that grows around the trunks of trees and is a symbol of love.

Forget Me Not

Engagement ring.

9ct Yellow gold, Australian Sapphire.