final few days of being a student

Final show

Been a busy and stressful few days, putting up the final show, creative industry exit interviews and of course the private view. To say the very least it has been a very interesting past week. I guess we shall see what London new designers brings, hopefully the streets will be paved with gold.

hopefully says it all??

Put together an inspiration/mood board, that hopefully says it all about my work.

Oooooo a mix.....

small interchangeable neck piece

small interchangeable neck piece

large interchangeable neck piece

earrings

Brooches

Just a few images of my new collection, complete mix of materials and colours! just busy doing my portfolio and all the paper work arghhhh!!!! setting up the show on Thursday so busy, busy, busy!!!

silver, silver, silver

Just a quick post to show off my silver open stone set, which goes with the 5 pairs of earrings.

Maybe there right?

Silver earring collection......wire diamonds? Why not.

Well for this particular work they are............Soooo after my last post, exploring the simpler side of my jewellery. I decided to make a range of silver pieces. Although these pieces are silver which totally contradicts my concept of taking objects and materials with no obvious worth and reworking them into a precious object, I decided to make the silver range inspired by my more flamboyant, larger and conceptual work, so that these silver pieces are more wearable. I have also made my open stone set in silver to, I'm in love with the pear shaped earrings. I also had my last day in the workshop yesterday, so guess its time to give my bench up to another student. The weeks are going so fast, I'm struggling to know which day I am on. But dont worry I still will be making and collecting ideas for my more flamboyant pieces, as thats what I have a passion for.

They say less is more?

Just a few things that I have been playing around with in the workshop. Inspired by my classic diamond shape mark, that is featured on all the backs of my current work. A wire classic diamond shape earring which I think I love as its constantly in my ear, 5 pairs of traditional diamond shaped earrings to come, my silver finally came yayyy!!! I'm hoping people will mix and match them up, I'm not a fan of matching pairs. Also to the side of my earring, my brooch which was meant to be a quick 10 min thing just to do, but took about an hour as I kept messing it up even though I've done this 'stone set' a billion times, very frustrating, just wanted a simple stone set brooch to make my concept even more obvious!!! without the diamond the stone set is actually really pretty and without the stone set how would we wear diamonds? hmmmm think it may be too simple and the pin is pathetic, so tomorrow I intend to increase the thickness of the pin and also pop one of my flocked dome of dreams in it just to make it more me. But the blank stone set brooch is something that I shall keep in mind for future.

Tah Dahhhhhhhh!!!! one final piece.......

and 9 others to come hopefully.....! 2 weeks to go until I STOP making arghhh!!! This is a photo I had taken Tuesday, its has a piece from my butterfly collection but also a brand new piece from my new collection, which hasn't got a name as of yet. This piece can be worn anywhere on the body as its all about magnets! Over the next week or 2 I will be uploading various images of my new pieces. I am extremely stressed as today we had to choice our image for the postcards, (plus to add to the stress I hate computers) this above image is my chosen one, but I have cropped it to make the 'diamonds' more in your face, as that's what my work is about: bold, colour and massive so fingers crossed it looks good as I have 1000 postcards hello every ones future Christmas, birthday cards for many years to come. Dreammmmmmm.