End of yr. exhibition display....

I know from now until the end of the year time is going to fly and before i know it, its going be crazy, hectic and last minute. So I've started planning out what i want to do for my display so that that issue can be sorted and outta the way. One of my ideas is to have water colour design drawings in the background. My water colour skills aren't as great as i expected/hoped them to be. Hopefully with much experimentation and some practice they"ll be top notch for end of yr.

2 of my first attempts on crappy paper. Need to get a few variations of water colour paper and want to try on hand made paper too.

Whats cool?

 Colourful decorative painted furniture by Lucas Rise.....Verrrrrry coool :)

Makes me think of festivals and Indian hand-painted cows. For me it all invokes the essence of the word, "special". One of a kind; i just love this. And I want to translate it into my next piece, maybe a cow brooch. Lucas Rise, one day i will buy a piece of your beautiful furniture. 

Ever changing

On our Virginia bush walk this weekend i collected a couple of different pods, the cool thing is that i managed to collect the same pods, in different stages. I like the idea of using imagery in jewellery to portray a progressive life cycle, of plants or animals. Im sure its been done before.

This pod looks like a lantern, what i like most is the vein structure and the lightness and delicateness of it- I suppose if i wanted to re create something like it in metal, its those qualities i would keep in mind.

 The inside of a dry one.

These seeds are similar to Lucky beans, they make me feel happy. 

And what interesting pods.... 

Woolies.Love Cows

The new Woolworths milk labels. I Love it, it makes me want to buy their milk over another brand.effective. Going to use this idea to make "spin offs" for the market. Using various farm animals. <3

Green Imagery

I use ‘Green’ imagery in my jewellery, some of it obvious and some from a personal perspective therefore  initially not obvious to the viewer. I use these to either comment on something or to create an awareness. The imagines I use or intend on using are:


- Trees, Leaves and botanical foliage
- Animals
- Spiritual symbols(?for lack of a better word)
- all things Gardening
- Words

Have thought of maybe making a mini windmill. An obvious imagine i think.

- energy? an idea?

An idea.. meat cuts?!

An idea from my journal, i want to make a brooch (i think) that says something about how cows can so easily just be seen as cuts of meat....